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Tag Archives: stress
Longevity and learning/memory are connected by a common protein?
Professor Li-Huei Tsai at MIT revealed that Siruins which have long been associated with Longevity. SIRT-1 protects against oxidative stress (the formation of highly reactive molecules that can damage cells) in the heart and maintains genome stability in multiple cell types. SIRT1 … Continue reading
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Tagged biology, brain, functioning of brain, Intelligence, memory, science, science news, stress
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Does stress reduce life expectancy?
http://www.pnas.org/content/101/49/17312.long Telomeres are ends of chromosomes that shorten with each time cell divides. When the telomere is completely gone, the cell does not divide any more. This is kind of like the caps at the end of a shoe lace. … Continue reading
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