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Author: host Created: 9/11/2006 6:10 AM
The Latest Immortality and Life Extension News and Discussion

Sickle Cell Patients are Living Longer.
By Mitch Ronco on 6/11/2007 9:54 PM
Sickle Cell Patients Living Longer Due to New Treatments[Ready to Post] (First Coast News)
PHILADELPHIA, PA -- In the past people living with Sickle Cell Disease would have many painful crises such as strokes or a short life span, but now patients are living longer, healthier lives because of new developments in treatments.
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Bionic Woman - NBC is Reimaging the Old Series.
By Mitch Ronco on 6/11/2007 9:52 PM
Nice review of the upcoming series from SyFyPortal
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Aging Population is Putting Pressure on the Healthcare System.
By Mitch Ronco on 6/10/2007 9:46 PM
Aging population strains health care system, families (Detroit Free Press)
It's a journey thousands of families undertake: the search for long-term care. Finding options is likely to get harder as Michigan's population ages, straining nursing homes, assisted-living facilities and home-care dollars.
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Removal of One Gene Accelerates Aging in Mice
By Mitch Ronco on 6/9/2007 7:10 AM
Boffins link premature aging to loss of stem cells (ANI via Yahoo! India News)
Washington, June 7 (ANI): A new study has found that removing the ATR gene, which is important in embryo development leads to premature aging and loss of stem cell reservoirs in adult mice. ATR, is essential for the body's response to damaged DNA, and mutations in proteins in the DNA damage response underlie certain types of cancer and other disorders in humans. The study was conducted by a ...

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A Festival to Celebrate Aging!
By Mitch Ronco on 6/5/2007 9:22 PM
I think this is a wonderful idea and it demonstrates the acceptance our society is showing toward aging in general.
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Creosote turns out to have significant potential for increasing longevity in male mice!
By Mitch Ronco on 6/3/2007 9:18 PM
Agent slows aging in mice (PhysOrg)
Aspirin didn`t pan out. Neither did two other potential anti-aging agents. But a synthetic derivative of a pungent desert shrub is now a front- runner in ongoing animal experiments to find out if certain chemicals, known to inhibit inflammation, cancer and other destructive processes, can boost the odds of living longer.
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Filmmaker Vision examines the implications of the life extension movement.
By Mitch Ronco on 6/2/2007 10:49 PM
A Technobiological Renaissance is Shifting Immortality from a Philosophical Issue to a Serious Social Issue (PR Web)
Vision examines the predictions of futurologists such as Ray Kurzweil who believe that advances in technology will allow humans to transcend their biology. Will these achievements bring us immortality or destruction?? (PRWeb May 30, 2007)
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35 Million MORE seniors by 2030!
By Mitch Ronco on 5/30/2007 6:56 AM
The aging of our population is causing many communities and companies to drastically rethink their models for the future.
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70 years old and going strong!
By Mitch Ronco on 5/26/2007 10:47 PM
A new study suggests that the newfound longevity of our society is becoming more pronounced having significant effects upon peoples retirement and family structures.
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Aging Drivers in Hawaii highlight the intricacies of aging policy.
By Mitch Ronco on 5/14/2007 9:21 PM

Aging drivers pose dilemma for state (Honolulu Advertiser)
Increasingly in discussions on road and pedestrian safety, lawmakers and transportation officials are turning their attention to a growing segment of Hawai'i drivers who pose a significantly higher risk of getting involved in accidents — those 70 and older.
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