Cellular Science
Cellular Science
Food for life – Broccoli and Telomeres
Many herbal and plant-derived compounds show anti-cancer activity. Sadly, until someone figures out how to make the big drug pay day by changing them just enough to patent…
Telomere maintenance – We who are about to die Salute You
In my most recent blog, The Monster is Not Born Immortal, I discussed in real time the results of Dr Maria Blasco’s most recent paper using both telomerase…
The monster is not born immortal: When telomerase drives cancer
A recent German study has found an association between familial and non familial malignant melanoma and the telomerase gene. I think we should talk about this because it…
Rat empathy, stress and telomere shortening
It may seem strange to tie all of these seemingly dissimilar things together but bear with me and all will be revealed. As you probably know by now…
Life without Twinkies – Calorie restriction and Telomerase
The bottom line of this post, for readers who do not have time for the long version, is this. In animal models, telomerase activation is required to extend…
Lengthen Telomeres With Your Food Choices
One of the most vexing problems I face as an expert on telomeres and telomerase activation is the issue of diet and telomere length. The problems come in…
Planning for Fido’s future- telomere length and doggie longevity
We sure do love our pets! For some people a pet is the culmination of everything they seem to want and need in a companion. As a matter…
What Kind of Exercise is Best for Telomere Health?
There has been a lot of focus on “Long slow distance” (LSD) exercise and telomere health. I have oft quoted the “German Runners Study” which was actually a paper…
Measuring Telomere Length – The Long and Short of It – Featuring “The truths, lies and drama in the slam dunk world of Your Longevity Markers!”
Warning: this blog is long, somewhat complicated, very controversial, likely to make me enemies, likely to be 100% true and an honest reflection of my personal experience and…
The Truth about Telomerase activation and Resveratrol – The Long and Winding Road
I find myself saying the same thing over and over again and I still see the same baseless assumptions all over the internet. So, with my usual cut-through-the-BS…
Why you may have short telomeres
Note the abbreviation “kb” means kilobases as in thousands of base pairs. So 3 kb = 3000 base pairs. At a conference I spoke at recently, I was…
How do telomeres protect the ends of the chromosome?
Telomeres protect the genetic information by multiple methods. First, as cited below, DNA polymerase cannot replicate the ends of the chromosome. DNA polymerase is actually “too large” to…