June 13, 2012
A Japanese scientist, Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, received an award for successfully reprogramming human adult skin cells into embryonic stem cells. These cells can differentiate into any cell type in the body. They are called iSPs (induced pluripotent stem cells). This research is proceeding in many labs around the world, and importantly, avoids the political controversy [...]
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June 7, 2012
The traditional evolutionary view of aging is that evolution cares to keep animals healthy through breeding and then through early offspring-raising age, but after that does not care as much about health. Since lifespans and healthspans have increased by some 30 years over two centuries in the West, people now live to more than double [...]
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