interfere with PAH activation and/or binding to DNA, thereby reducing the amount of DNA damage done. Rate and accuracy of repair of ultraviolet (UV) light damage to DNA in seven mammalian species’ cultured fibroblasts correlates with maximum species life span. Repair of damage to DNA plays a vital role in retarding aging, although the importance […]
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- acetaldehyde, air pollution, cancer, DNA, Dr. R. B. Setlow, Dr. Ronald W. Hart, enzyme, fibroblasts, free radicals, genetic disease, globulin, glutathione peroxidase, hemoglobin, life span, nitrogen oxide, ozone, PAH, peroxyacetylnitrile, progeria, skin erythema, SOD, superoxide dismutase, ultraviolet light, UV, Xeroderma pigmentosa
Everyone is familiar with the so-called “annual” plants which live only a few months, from the time when they sprout, until, after the production of seed, death comes to them naturally. … Natural death can be postponed if the plant be prevented from seeding. —Elie Metchnikoff, The Prolongation of Life (1908) Do DNA genetic clocks […]
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- aging clocks, baldness, cell division, diabetes, DNA, Dr. Leonard Hayflick, EGF, egg cells, epidermal growth factor, fibroblasts, hormone control, keratinocytes, lipofuscin, menopause, MIT, mutations, ovaries, oxidation, pituitary gland, polypeptide hormone, sperm, spermatagonia, testis
Selenium, a mineral, is an important trace element in immune system function. It has been found in experimental animals to act as an anti-carcinogen and anti-mutagen (can prevent DNA mutations—undesired alterations of your DNA master blueprint in the presence of some mutagenic agents). Selenium is an essential part of your enzyme called glutathione peroxidase, which […]
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- Allan L. Goldstein, anti-carcinogen, anti-mutagen, aorta, bacteria, bromelain, cholesterol, DNA, Dr. Takashi Makiodan, enzymes, fibroblasts, glutathione peroxidase, high-cholesterol diet, hydrogen peroxide, immune system, immune system suppressants, interferon, lymphocytes, oxidation, papain, peroxides, selenium, stem cells, T-cells, thymosin, thymus gland, trypsin, vitamin A, vitamin c, vitamin E, white blood cells