Adaptogens Part 2: – focus on rhodiola – video blog
By Vince Giuliano This and the Part 1 blog entry Adaptogens Part 1 are pursuant to one of the key themes of this blog - the use of phyto-substances to promote health and longevity. The Adaptogens...
View ArticleRadiation hormesis
By Vince Giuliano Small doses of radiation, such as from occasional X-rays or living at a high altitude, may actually be good for you according to the radiation hormesis hypothesis discussed here....
View ArticleMitohormesis
Your email: By Vince Giuliano This blog is about Mitohormesis, a different form of hormesis than that discussed in the previous blog entry Radiation Hormesis. Mitohormesis has to do with cell...
View ArticleEditorial -Bridging the Great Divide
By Vince Giuliano There appears to be a Great Divide in the world when it comes to health, manifest most clearly in Western Countries and in the US in particular. The divide is between two major...
View ArticleThe Hormetic Wild Animal “Zoo” and Their “Zookeepers”
By James P Watson There are 2 “Mantras” Here in the Zoo – Hormesis and Nrf2 inducible Isoforms Preface – By Vince Giuliano I want to introduce and welcome James P Watson as a senior researcher and...
View ArticlePlant polyphenols – six epigenetic knockout punches against cancers
Certain plant polyphenols not only exercise general positive health effects but also inhibit oncogenic transformation or the proliferation of cancer cells. Or, they outright kill cancer cells....
View ArticleBuckyballs, health and longevity – state of knowledge
By Vince Giuliano Image source The popular “life extension” blogs have been lit up recently with exchanges related to a recent publication that reports that a homogenized solution of olive oil and...
View ArticleMitochondria in health and aging, and possibilities for life prolongation –...
Written by Vince Giuliano, with major contributions by James P Watson This is the first of a series of blog entries examining the roles of mitochondria in key biological activities. The goal of the...
View ArticleMultifactorial hormesis – the theory and practice of maintaining health and...
By Vince Giuliano and James P Watson This blog entry generalizes on the concept of hormesis, discusses the multiple pathways through which hormesis takes place, and suggests a myriad of ways that...
View ArticleMicrotubules, the intra-cellular transport system, health and longevity
Microtubules, the intra-cellular transport system, health and longevity By Vince Giuliano Image source Microtubules play important and ever-changing structural roles in cells, play key roles in embryo...
View ArticleMitochondria Part 2: Mitochondrial Responses to Stress: Mitochondrial...
Written by James Watson, with major contributions by Vince Giuliano Introduction – Mitochondrial Roles in the Cell This is the second part in a series of blog entries examining the roles of...
View ArticleSarcopenia – the Age-related Loss of Muscle Mass and Function – Part I:...
By Victor, with contributions by Vince Giuliano Satellites in Muscle Part I It is well established that the maintenance of skeletal muscle mass contributes significantly to disease prevention and...
View ArticleInvestigating the Future of Medicine Webcast
On March 16, there will be a live free webcast of a Symposium sponsored by the Hawaii Institute for Molecular Education (HIME), Investigating the Future of Medicine. The following information is from...
View ArticleMultifactorial hormesis II – Powerpoint presentation
This blog entry contains the PowerPoint presentation I gave at the HIME Symposium Investigating the Future of Medicine Webcast on March 16, 2013. The presentation is more graphical and less technical...
View ArticleAnnouncement – Vivace Associates
A small group of key colleagues and I have formed a new consulting business, Vivace Associates. Our target clients are all organizations concerned with the cost and efficiency of health care –...
View ArticleThe Prospects that Emerging Science Offers Us for Longer Healthy Lifespans
On March 25 2013, I gave a presentation “The Prospects that Emerging Science Offers Us for Longer Healthy Lifespans” as part of the Kopriva Science Seminar series at Montana State University. Thanks...
View ArticleAging science wager challenges and prizes open to readers.
Image source Frequent readers of this blog know that James P Watson (Jim) is a colleague and significant contributor to this blog. Jim recently sent me an e-mail offering to make personal wager bets...
View ArticleAutophagy – the housekeeper in every cell that fights aging
By James P Watson and Vince Giuliano Background and introduction There is a wide variety of genetic manipulations, pharmacologic manipulations, and nutrient manipulations that have been shown to alter...
View ArticleResponse to Jim Watson’s wager challenge
Image source This blog entry is in response to the wager challenge in Jim Watson’s post Aging science wager challenges and prizes open to readers of 8 April, 2013. As you will recall, $2.00 is the...
View ArticlePART 1: Slaying Two Dragons with One Stone – How to Prevent Cancer and Aging...
Image source By James Watson and Vince Giuliano This is the first part of a three-part series of blog entries on the epigenetic’s of cancer and aging and how those two deadly dragons can be seriously...
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