One of the earliest observations in gerontology was the correlation of increased size with a longer lifespan. Presumably, being large makes one less prone to predators and allows better coping to starvation thereby decreasing your extrinsic mortality rate. At the same time, metabolic rate decreases when size increases and this could lower the extent of…… Continue reading Are cell membranes the pacemakers of metabolism?
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Royal jelly and the birth of a new science
Ever since the discovery of the DNA molecule, researchers have been keen on separating the genetic influences on our development and diseases from the environmental ones. There were diseases you were born with and diseases you had because of an unfavorable environment, including here the so-called sinful diseases – those pathologies that are largely caused by…… Continue reading Royal jelly and the birth of a new science