Aging Matters
We can all agree that priorities in research for a longer, healthier human life span are far from rational. Among the distorting influences are Leap-frogging ahead to medical research in a field where the basic science is not yet fully understood. Inertia from a research infrastructure that has been built on the wrong priorities. Both … Read more
Last week Len Guarente announced his company will be selling a proprietary formula based on NR, the NADH precursor. This week, there’s an article about a project at Novartis to make a safe anti-aging pill from rapamycin. I’m more excited by the latter than the former. An MIT Lab offers NADH plus Blueberries Several … Read more
The meme we hear in the news is that sedentary time, time spent sitting, is bad for us. I started out researching this week’s blog on inactivity, and ended up thinking about how to keep aspirations high and stay engaged with community. Last week, the largest meta-analysis to date of inactivity was reported in the popular … Read more