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It shouldn't be a surprise that there are so few applications, because
people are nervous about pursuing this. "The regeneration of lost body
parts and injured organs has captured the human imagination since the
time of the ancient Greeks . If you would like to introduce your friends
to the concept of healthy life extension, now is as good a time as any.
" It is good to see more money entering this field of research - Sirtris
joins other companies like Elixir and BioMarker in the search for
healthy life extension drugs based on calorie restriction. phpMost of us
are fortunate enough to have a great deal of control over our health and
health risks. "The solution would lie in stamping out the highly
specialized cells, known as cancer stem cells, that appear to give rise
to the cancer in the first place. Probably the most immediate goal of
these transhumanists is promoting research that will radically increase
healthy human lifespans. 
htmlThe business world and private research community is forging ahead
in the broad field of regenerative medicine, based both on stem cell
research and other technologies. The mutations are a byproduct of the
energy-producing activities of these cellular organelles that damages
their own small genomes consisting of only 13 genes . This allows
scientists to skip directly to the answer, as it were - new biochemistry
is being uncovered in a year of work where it would once have taken a
decade or more. Within three weeks, the researchers saw improved heart
function and reduced scarring compared to a control group of animals
that didn't receive the stem cells. This makes perfect sense if you
consider the reliability theory of aging. If you want to read more,
Leonid Gavrilov has kindly placed an article on his work here at the
Longevity Meme. From the sounds of it, we should be hearing much more
about new techniques for repairing, moving or replacing mitochondrial
DNA - with the aim of slowing the aging process - within a few years.
There are supporters of stem cell research within the California GOP,
but they did not prevail at the three day state convention. " The
enforced slow speed of progress has terrible consequences. 
Eighteen of the proposed new compounds would treat osteoporosis. 
" By way of comparison, "the embryonic cells did not just latch onto the
wounded heart . 
htmAs reported at ScienceDaily, researchers have uncovered the genetic
basis for age-related bone thinning and weight gain. Researchers claim
to have identified adult skin stem cells capable of differentiating into
all kinds of skin tissue - at least in mice. 
Some already used drugs may induce a metabolic state that will extend
life expectancy by the same mechanism that CR diets extend life
expectancy. 
The scientist interviewed here suggests a decades-long timeline,
although others estimate the first therapies are more like ten years
away. 
shtmlFor example, one of the chief causes of aging is mutations in
mitochondrial genes. 
Perhaps they run more efficiently, producing fewer damaging free
radicals. 
" Osteoporosis - age-related bone loss - is a concern for many people in
the healthy life extension community, especially those practicing
calorie restriction. 
While some very promising first generation therapies use adult stem
cells, embryonic stem cell research is essential to the long term goal
of developing a regenerative repair kit for human beings. Bears are the
only animals that can go without food and grow. 
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