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The ‘core pathway’ of aging
Harvard Gazette ^ | Feb 9, 2011

Posted on 02/18/2011 8:44:54 AM PST by posterchild

Scientists at the Harvard-affiliated Dana-Farber Cancer Institute say they have identified the root molecular cause of a variety of ills brought on by advanced age, including waning energy, failure of the heart and other organs, and metabolic disorders such as diabetes.

“What we have found is the core pathway of aging connecting several age-related biological processes previously viewed as independent of each other,” said Ronald A. DePinho, senior author of a report posted online by the journal Nature. The first author, Ergun Sahin, is a member of the DePinho Lab and an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS).

(Excerpt) Read more at news.harvard.edu ...


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1 posted on 02/18/2011 8:44:55 AM PST by posterchild
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page not found


2 posted on 02/18/2011 8:47:43 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: posterchild

http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/02/the-’core-pathway’-of-aging/


3 posted on 02/18/2011 8:47:43 AM PST by Paladin2
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http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/02/the-%E2%80%98core-pathway%E2%80%99-of-aging/


4 posted on 02/18/2011 8:50:20 AM PST by Paladin2
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Page not found.


5 posted on 02/18/2011 8:50:40 AM PST by Truth29
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To: posterchild

Bad links, FRiend. But thanks for at least alerting us. Can you find and post a good link?


6 posted on 02/18/2011 8:51:40 AM PST by ottbmare (off-the-track Thoroughbred mare)
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From the couch to the refrigerator and back?


7 posted on 02/18/2011 8:52:14 AM PST by Jack of all Trades (Stop the change - I want to get off!)
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Post #4 seems to work for me.


8 posted on 02/18/2011 8:53:10 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2
The single quotes in the url seems to be messing things up. the article can also be reached by going to Harvard Gazette and clicking on the link under the '1925' photo.
9 posted on 02/18/2011 8:54:25 AM PST by posterchild
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bttt


10 posted on 02/18/2011 8:54:51 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o ("You can observe a lot just by watchin' " . --- Yogi Berra)
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That's 'xactly what I did too.

Try post #4.

11 posted on 02/18/2011 8:55:47 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

Thanks for correcting the link.


12 posted on 02/18/2011 8:55:57 AM PST by posterchild
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Well to me I think that dying is Nature’s way of telling us to slow down.


13 posted on 02/18/2011 8:58:15 AM PST by ReverendJames (Only A Painter Or A Liberal Can Change Black To White)
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“Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming “WOO HOO”


14 posted on 02/18/2011 9:55:39 AM PST by Daffynition ( Live EACH DAY as if it were your last, but EXPECT that there still may be a tomorrow.)
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By unifying several major pathways of aging under the umbrella of telomere dysfunction, he said, the findings may yield new targets for therapies.

The rituals of the Milk and Star Fire of the Goddess have been known, since the ancient Egytians, to be conducive to longevity, is thought to be very likely by means of telomerase.

15 posted on 02/18/2011 10:21:44 AM PST by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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