If the response
to calorie restriction (CR) is purposeful, the purpose being to postpone aging
in the face of diminished resources, this has implications for theories as to
the causes of aging. ...
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Correspondence re: Forsberg, L. A., et al. 2014. "Mosaic loss of chromosome Y in peripheral blood is associated with shorter survival and higher risk of cancer." Nat Genet 46 (6):624-8. doi: 10.103...
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Correspondence re: Villeda et al. 2014."Young blood reverses age-related impairments in cognitive function and synaptic plasticity in mice." Nat Med no. 20 (6):659-63. doi: 10.1038/nm.3569.
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The scientist Mikhail Blagosklonny is
best-known for his advocacy of the "quasi-program" theory of aging.
What this means is that aging is the continuation of the development program;
certain ge...
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Recent evidence suggests that bilingualism leads
to domain-general cognitive outcomes. Impressively, some research has suggested
that bilinguals have delayed onset of symptoms of dementia compared ...
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