In today’s issue of Cell magazine, an evolutionarily conserved protein, SIRT, takes the spotlight in the hit research drama, “Why we Weather with Age”. Researchers from Harvard Medical school demonstrate that the part SIRT plays in DNA damage control during aging may be to blame for some of the ugly symptoms of growing old.
Mammalian protein [...]
Tag Archives: Biology
Nov
28
2008
Aging is one SIRTainty in life: for uni- and multicelular lifeforms!
Nov
21
2008
Fish on Prozac
While a story about mellow, happy fish may sound like a sport-fisherman’s dream, Prozac in the water could prove to be a fish’s worst nightmare. Fish and invertebrates living downstream of urban water and sewage treatment plants around the world have detectable levels of antidepressants in their systems. While actual concentrations in surface waters are [...]
Nov
19
2008
Medicinal Aging?
Compounds similar to THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, have been shown to reduce memory impairments in the aging brain. While marijuana is widely known to impair memory in the short-term, leading scientists from Ohio State University are contradicting this age-old dogma by investigating how endocannabinoids, the brain’s naturally occurring cannabis, can improve memory function [...]
