Research that will change your life!

The evidence that caloric restriction extends life in animal species inspires thousands to adopt calorie restriction as a way of life. But unlike animals in research studies that have clearly defined diet parameters and protocols, humans have many ideas about how caloric restriction should be practiced.

If you are reading this, most likely you are very serious about functioning at your peak. Nothing is more precious.

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That’s why the Calorie Restriction Society has initiated a milestone study that will correlate human calorie restrictors’ genetic expression and cell signaling indicators to clinical markers. Once these correlations are established, serious longevists will be equipped with easy-to-run clinical tests that indicate how well their regimens are working.

Revolutionary Stem Cell Transplant in Athens a World First

Athens News Agency
26 July 2006

Revolutionary stem-cell transplant in Athens a world first A baby-girl born in Athens last week will become the donor of stem cells taken from the umbilical cord that will be transplanted to her 4-year-old brother suffering from chronic granulomatous disease, a congenital heterogeneous immunodeficiency disorder resulting from the inability of phagocytes to kill intested microbes, resulting in increased susceptibility to severe infectionsthat ultimately leads to early death.
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Scientists Say They ?ve Found a Code Beyond Genetics in DNA

Researchers believe they have found a second code in DNA in addition to the genetic code.

The genetic code specifies all the proteins that a cell makes. The second code, superimposed on the first, sets the placement of the nucleosomes, miniature protein spools around which the DNA is looped. The spools both protect and control access to the DNA itself.

The discovery, if confirmed, could open new insights into the higher order control of the genes, like the critical but still mysterious process by which each type of human cell is allowed to activate the genes it needs but cannot access the genes used by other types of cell.

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By NICHOLAS WADE