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RIP for MFRTA?
A prominent scholar of the CLK-1 story has called the coroner on the mitochondrial free radical theory of aging (MFRTA). From Lapointe & Hekimi: When a theory of aging ages badly According to the … more →
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INCREASE YOUR LONGEVITY
619 wrote 3 weeks ago: Originally Written by: Whitaker, Julian, M.D. Julian Whitaker is a graduate of Emory University Medi … more →
Theories of Aging and Life Extension
roberttutt wrote 1 month ago: An old adage says that nothing is certain except death and taxes. That is true, but it does not say … more →
RIP for MFRTA?
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ouroboros wrote 2 months ago: A prominent scholar of the CLK-1 story has called the coroner on the mitochondrial free radical theo … more →
Sexing up the soma: Long-lived mutants express germ line genes in somatic tissues
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ouroboros wrote 5 months ago: We are all descendents of an unbroken line of cell divisions, dating back to the last common ancesto … more →
Did aging evolve to prevent epidemics?
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ouroboros wrote 5 months ago: How did aging evolve? Some evolutionary theories invoke tradeoffs between maintenance/repair and rep … more →
Found in (mis)translation: A novel role for protein synthesis fidelity in aging
ouroboros wrote 5 months ago: The idea that translation fidelity might play a role in aging dates back at least as far as 1963, wh … more →
The free radical theory of aging: A retrospective by its creator
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ouroboros wrote 6 months ago: The free radical theory of aging (FRTA) was first advanced by Denham Harman more than 50 years ago. … more →
Am I hot or not? Thermosensory neurons regulate lifespan at high temperatures
ouroboros wrote 6 months ago: Things happen faster when it’s warmer. This is true all the way down to the molecular level: m … more →
Reviewing the reviews (#4, in case you're counting)
ouroboros wrote 7 months ago: Here’s the latest in our (infrequent and irregular) series of “review roundups” … more →
Remain clam: Bivalves as models for aging research
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ouroboros wrote 8 months ago: Since the observation that the Arctic quahog can live for centuries, clams have been receiving incre … more →
Functional telomerase is required for functional iPS cells
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An aged post-doc wrote 9 months ago: Since the first report of induced pluripotent stem cells in 2006, the field of regenerative medicine … more →
"Cell polarity and aging - a unifying theory"
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ouroboros wrote 11 months ago: Continuing with the theme of unifying theories in aging: Over at The Daily Transcript, Alex Palazzo … more →
Set phasers on stunning: An animal that can survive in space
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ouroboros wrote 1 year ago: This is not, sensu stricto, a post about aging, but what can I say? Tardigrades! I love these little … more →
In the fly, delayed reproduction also delays aging
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ouroboros wrote 1 year ago: Natural selection can modify the rate of aging. Often, the evolution of profoundly delayed (or negli … more →
How premature aging resembles extended longevity, part II
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ouroboros wrote 1 year ago: Last year we heard about the counterintuitive observation that DNA repair mutants (which exhibit pre … more →
"Puzzles, promises and a cure for aging"
ouroboros wrote 1 year ago: …is the title of an excellent general review of recent biogerontological findings in model org … more →
Ex ovo ad mortem: Life as an egg
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ouroboros wrote 1 year ago: Many insects live a long time as larvae and only briefly as sexually mature adults — extreme e … more →
Stressor-specific hypersensitivity in the mole rat
ouroboros wrote 1 year ago: Stress resistance at the cellular level is correlated with longevity at the organismal level, to suc … more →
Hourglass: A carnival of biogerontology
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ouroboros wrote 1 year ago: Welcome to the first installation of Hourglass, a blog carnival devoted to the biology of aging. Thi … more →
