Empiricism may serve to accumulate facts, but it will never build science. The experimenter who does not know what he is looking for will not understand what he finds. —Claude Bernard, 1813-1878 When your skin wrinkles, or arteries or bread hardens, or rubber becomes brittle, or old Jell-O® stiffens, we are seeing examples of the […]
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- acetaldehyde, alcohol, amino acid, arteries, atherosclerosis, cancer, cells, Cross-linking, cysteine, DNA, eggs, esters, flexibility, hemorrhage, liver, metabolism, molecules, nutrients, PABA, proteins, rats, RNA, sunlight, tissues, tobacco, ultraviolet light, vitamin b, vitamin B1, vitamin c, wrinkles
One of the most important factors leading to immune system decline is the greatly reduced rate of release of growth hormone by the brain as we age. This hormone, produced by the pituitary gland, begins to fall off in quantity after your teens. Since the thymus gland requires growth hormone to function properly, this decrease […]
Read more Aging and the Immune System II
- amino acid, arginine, B-cells, bacteria, bromelain, cysteine, Dr Cheryl F. Nokels, enzymes, growth hormone, hormones, immune system, kidneys, lymphocytes, mercaptoethanol, ornithine, papain, papaya, pineapple, pituitary gland, Proteases, red blood cells, T-cell cloning, T-cells, thiol, thymocytes, thymosin, thymus gland, trypsin, tumor, virus, vitamin A, vitamin c, vitamin E, zinc
… just as the pigment of the hair is destroyed by phagocytes, so also the atrophy of other organs of the body, in old age, is very frequently due to the action of devouring cells which I have called macrophages. —Elie Metchnikoff, The Prolongation of Life (1908) Instead of preventing diseases only by protecting the […]
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- aging, amino acid, antibodies, arthritis, atherosclerosis, atherosclerotic plaque cells, autoimmune disease, bacteria, bone marrow, cancer, chromosome, cysteine, ducts, Elie Metchnikoff, free radicals, immune system, influenza, interferon, Life extension, lymph nodes, microbes, microphages, nerve cells, polypeptides, proteins, selenium, spleen, T-cells, thymus gland, virus, vitamin A, vitamin c, vitamin E, white blood cells, X chromosome, Y chromosome, zinc
Most vitamins are soluble in either the watery or the fatty tissues of our bodies, but not in both. Vitamins C and B are water soluble; vitamins A, E, D, and K are fat soluble. Both types of vitamins are necessary for health and long life. We have different storage capacities for different vitamins. For […]
Read more Molecules of Life and Life Extension: An Introduction to the Cast II
- adenosine triphosphate, amino acid, anti-aging enzyme, ATP, Carbohydrates, citric acid cycle, copper, energy, enzymes, fat soluble vitamin, glutathione peroxidase, iron, manganese, minerals, PABA, peptides, proteins, selenium, superoxide dismutase, vitamin b, vitamin B12, vitamin c, vitamin D, vitamin E, Vitamin K, water soluble vitamin, zinc
… all diseases may by sure means be prevented or cured, not excepting that of old age, and our lives lengthened at pleasure even beyond the antediluvian standard. —Benjamin Franklin, in a letter to English chemist Joseph Priestley The same molecules that serve us well by keeping us alive and healthy can, if they fail […]
Read more Molecules of Life and Life Extension: An Introduction to the Cast I
- amino acid, blood, Carbohydrates, deoxyribonucleic acid, diet, DNA, energy, enzymes, eye, fats, genetic defects, hair, height, krebs cycle, lipids, metabolism, molecules, nonessential vitamins, oils, PABA, polypeptide hormones, polypeptides, ribonucleic acid, RNA, sources of energy, starches, structural molecules, sugars, tissue, tissue type, vitamin A, vitamin b, vitamin c, vitamins