telomere tech

A nice video regarding the promising science of telomerase inducers. The possibility of one day extending telomere length and possibly influencing health.

bbc immortal documentary

A nice antismoking commercial. It shows that most adults know the adverse health consequences of smoking and wouldn't normally recommend nor air children in participating in such activities.

Idebenone and Resveratrol Extend Lifespan and Improve Motor Function of HtrA2 Knockout Mice

Heterozygous loss-of-function mutation of the human gene for the mitochondrial protease HtrA2 has been associated with increased risk to develop mitochondrial dysfunction, a process known to contribute to neurodegenerative disorders such as Huntington's disease (HD) and Parkinson's disease (PD). Knockout of HtrA2 in mice also leads to mitochondrial dysfunction and to phenotypes that resemble those found in neurodegenerative disorders and, ultimately, lead to death of animals around postnatal day 30. Here, we show that Idebenone, a synthetic antioxidant of the coenzyme Q family, and Resveratrol, a bioactive compound extracted from grapes, are both able to ameliorate this phenotype. Feeding HtrA2 knockout mice with either compound extends lifespan and delays worsening of the motor phenotype.-link

In addition to extending the lifespan of obese mice, mice with alzheimer's like pathology and accelerated senescence mice, now with this study we see that in mice with genetic abnormality in the mitochondria lifespan's also extended.

Researchers from Harvard Medical School just announced that resveratrol, a polyphenolic compound found in red wine, duplicates the life-extending benefits of caloric restriction in a yeast model. In a paper published in the August 24 online edition of the journal, Nature, they report that resveratrol was shown to extend the lifespan of yeast by up to 80 percent.-link

A review of the original investigations into resveratrol.

This video shows that mcdonalds actually uses real edible food for the ads, which many people used to think used nonedible artificial better looking materials. The reality is that careful placing of ingredients, and cooking make for an ideal look.

A very cool looking nasa robot that did not fare to well in the darpa robot challenge of 2013