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My Favorite Resveratrol, Promising Results for Mimetic

August 22, 2011

On the front page of the NY TIMES – August 19,2011 –Nicholas Wade reported on Dr. Rafael de Cabo’s newly published study on the positive effects of a resveratrol mimetic SRT-1720 on obese mice.  
To read the entire NY Times article by Nicholas Wade, click here.
I have followed this study, but I have also followed another one, [...]

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Aging and Diseases — Video Blog

March 12, 2011

Everyone knows that old age can lead to many diseases and problems.  And sooner or later one of those diseases or problems will kill everybody.    But, what exactly is the relationship of aging to diseases?  The question leads to surprisingly interesting answers.
First, please have a look at this video for opinions of some prominent scientists:

Here, [...]

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The Power Hour With Joyce Riley

March 9, 2011

This morning, Wednesday, March 9th, filmmaker Robert Kane Pappas was the featured guest of Joyce Riley on the Power Hour with Joyce Riley, a syndicated radio program available nationally and internationally.   Robert was joined by fellow collaborator, Vince Guiliano, for a lively two-hour discussion on longevity sciences and their implications. 
The audio from the program is attached here commercial-free [...]

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Thoughts on New Aging Conference by RKP

October 4, 2010

Robert Kane Pappas Comments on the New Aging Conference and his Conversation with Dr. Brian Kennedy 
I have been on the road this past week – filming Dr. Brian Kennedy (the new CEO of the Buck Institute) at the Cold Spring Harbor Lab’s Fall Conclave of Molecular Biologists; and speaking on aging research at the University of [...]

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TO AGE OR NOT TO AGE ON SPECTRUMCULTURE.COM

July 20, 2010

To Age or Not to Age

By Shannon Gramas
[Originally posted on spectrumculture.com (where snobbery and trash collide) on July 19, 2010.  Click here for original article]
In the series of Future History stories written by the science fiction author Robert Heinlein, mankind has developed the technological capability to arbitrarily extend the human lifespan. Repeated applications of the [...]

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OPENING IN NYC ON JULY 16TH

May 10, 2010

 
TO AGE OR NOT TO AGE opens in New York City on July 16th at the Village East Cinema,  181-189 Second Avenue (at 12th Street). 
Show times for July 16th through July 22nd are as follows:  11:00 am,  1:00 pm, 3:15 pm, 5:30 pm, 7:45 pm, 10:15 pm.
On Friday, July 16th and Saturday, July 17th, [...]

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Article in Polish Daily News (Nowy Dziennik)

March 8, 2010

Can we live longer? – Aleksandra Slabisz, Nowy Dziennik, February 19, 2010.
[This article was translated from the original Polish article that appeared in the Polish Daily News (Nowy Dziennik) on February 19, 2010.]
Is it possible to delay ageing? Can man live 120 years and enjoy the health of a 50 year old?  It is possible, scientists say.
Delaying [...]

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Featured in Scientific American Magazine

February 17, 2010

Katie Moisse, a reporter for Scientific American Magazine, attended the premiere of  TO AGE OR NOT TO AGE at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre on February 11th.  In her article, Anti-aging talk: Getting old or just getting started?, published on February 13th, 2010, she notes,
 The very definition of aging was one of the documentary’s more intriguing topics. Do we [...]

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Director’s Notes, from Robert Kane Pappas

January 30, 2010

On Halloween (October 31st) 2006, I read the front page story in the New York Times Science section, regarding calorie restriction (CR) and its effects on the health and lifespan of monkeys. Two days later there was a second article beginning on the front page of the Main section, which amplified the first story.
Scientists at [...]

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