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CEO of Bioviva claims to be testing antiaging gene therapy on herself
Posted in Medicine on 16th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller
An American biotech CEO claims she is the first to undergo gene therapy to reverse aging. Judge for yourself.
Inflammation, not telomere length, predicts healthy longevity of centenarians
Posted in Medicine on 5th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller
To live past 100 you must keep inflammation down.
Small Molecule Successfully Targets Telomerase to Destroy Cancer Cells
Posted in Medicine on 10th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller
Treatment with 6-thio-dG resulted in rapid cell death for the vast majority of the cancer cell lines tested.
Telomerase can be turned off with a genetic switch which could be an antiaging breakthrough
Posted in Medicine on 22nd Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller
Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered an on-and-off switch in cells that may hold the key to healthy aging.