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Biomarkers reveal our biological age

Biomarkers reveal our biological age

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created Aug 19, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (21) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Not a day passes when we don’t get a little bit older. However, the exact processes involved in human aging are still puzzling. Scientists working with Lenhard Rudolph and Hong Jiang from ...





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Researchers to reveal aging's origins on global stage

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Four of the biologists who described the underlying causes of aging will soon share their findings with an international audience during a symposium at the upcoming World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, taking place ...


Study: Looking young may mean living longer

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Those baby-faced people now have another reason to be smug: a new Danish study says looking young apparently means a longer life.


Accelerated bone growth may be an indicator of hypertension in children

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children whose bones are "older" than their chronological age may be at an increased risk of hypertension, according to a study reported today in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association. As a result, the in ...


Study identifies genes that protect against aging

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have developed a new method to help researchers identify genes that can help protect the body during the ageing process.


Scientists develop resource to study animal aging

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created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A database detailing the life history of more than 4,000 animal species has been developed by scientists at the University of Liverpool for study in areas such as ageing, evolution and conservation.


Children of older fathers perform less well in intelligence tests during infancy

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created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Children of older fathers perform less well in a range of cognitive tests during infancy and early childhood, according to a study published this week in the open-access journal PLoS Medicine. In contrast, the study finds ...


Liking sweets makes sense for kids

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

As any parent knows, children love sweet-tasting foods. Now, new research from the University of Washington and the Monell Center indicates that this heightened liking for sweetness has a biological basis and is related ...


Spiny Dogfish Shark

Researchers studying spiny dogfish, Gulf of Maine's mini shark

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created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

For such a small shark species, there seems to be super-sized confusion about its population status. But for researchers at the University of New Hampshire, one thing is clear - definite changes have occurred ...


Immune defect is key to skin aging

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have discovered why older people may be so vulnerable to cancer and infections in the skin. The team from UCL has shown in human volunteers ...


Divorce, antidepressants, or weight gain/loss can add years to your face

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created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Your mother's wrinkles — or lack there of, may not be the best predictor of how you'll age. In fact, a new study claims just the opposite. The study, involving identical twins, suggests that despite genetic make-up, certain ...



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