This week I did the unthinkable: I got married. A very short and spontaneous trip to the seaside followed. So here I was on the shore of the Black Sea on a casual Friday with plenty of research material for the book on comparative gerontology. Yes, I always have good intentions when going on holiday.…… Continue reading Rings of Growth
Tag: aging
Which part of the human body wears out first?
A minority of people age like wine. Most of us won’t (although I do hope that you, the readers of my blog will count among the chosen few!). Yet despite the different aging rates, people mostly age the same. Here is the basic order in which organs fail (according to my limited clinical experience…… Continue reading Which part of the human body wears out first?
Cortisol – the aging hormone
Bringing offspring into the world is much more stressful for salmons compared to humans, even if the two species secrete the same stress hormone, cortisol. Unlike humans, salmon fish age soon after spawning. They undergo a massive hypertrophy of the interrenal gland. Because of this, they secrete massive amounts of corticosteroids. They usually die…… Continue reading Cortisol – the aging hormone
How to engineer negligible senescence in humans – part II LysoSENS
Have you ever seen these kinds of people? mid-life obese smokers addicted to junk food, grills and lacking the daily salad Did you notice they look too old for their chronological age? Why is that? As a species which does age, we develop housekeeping issues as we age: our cells accumulate many types of intracellular…… Continue reading How to engineer negligible senescence in humans – part II LysoSENS