Following on from a demonstration of decellularized rat lungs, another team has produced similar work: “Researchers have been able to create tiny mouse lungs in the lab that are able to breathe. The lungs were created with stem cells and attached to a ventilator. … They used a technique called decellularization, similar to the method [...]

I know fruits and vegetables are the best of the best,but what are other foods I can eat with my fruits and veggies?What type of whole grain foods could I buy or fiber food? What kind of meal can I eat? Like meat or pasta? I don’t get full from just fruits and veggies, but [...]

Im a martial artist and Im pretty light and skinny, ive been doing alot of High intesity training and anaeronic strength excercices to stregnthen my body and improve speed (Im not a fast runner but I have brillient stamina). I dont want to bulk up at all just use what I have and build it [...]

From the MIT Technology Review: “Rats genetically engineered to lose their sight can be protected from blindness by injections of human neural stem cells … a startup in Palo Alto, CA, plans to use the positive results to file for approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to begin human trials. The company [...]

A new popular science book on the manipulation of metabolism to slow aging, the author inspired by the Longevity Dividend initiative: “No scientific advances inspire more media hype than ones in gerontology, the study of aging. Even the crustiest editors have been known to turn giddy when new light is shed on the topic and [...]

Scientific American looks at the state of viral cancer therapies: “The adapted virus that immunized hundreds of millions of people against smallpox has now been enlisted in the war on cancer. Vaccinia poxvirus joins a herpesvirus and a host of other pathogens on a growing list of engineered viruses entering late-stage human testing against cancer. [...]

A novel methodology in regenerative medicine: “The objective was to evaluate the utility of cryo-preserved human amniotic membrane (HAM) as a support for repairing human articular cartilage injuries, which have a very limited capacity for self-healing … The results [show] that cryo-preserved HAM is useful as a scaffold for growing human chondrocytes in cell therapy [...]

A review paper from Italian researchers who have been working on understanding inflammaging for a number of years: “Ageing is an inexorable intrinsic process that affects all cells, tissues, organs and individuals. Due to a diminished homeostasis and increased organism frailty, ageing causes a reduction of the response to environmental stimuli and, in general, is [...]

Another reason why you really don’t want to live a lifestyle that makes you overweight: “For individuals 65 years of age and older, obesity, excess body fat around the waist and gaining weight after the age of 50 are associated with an increased risk of diabetes. … Adiposity [body fat] is a well-recognized risk factor [...]

Two out of three people in the United States are overweight, and while Americans spend enormous amounts of money on weight-loss programs, the results are far from effective.
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