For a long time I had this simplistic view that senescent cells accumulate with age, contributing to many age-related degenerative diseases through the sterile inflammation and regeneration impairment they cause. I also thought their removal with the help of drugs is the only possible solution to get rid of them. Destroying senescent cells shouldn’t be…… Continue reading Immunotherapy for senescent cell removal – lessons from human embryo development and other species
Tag: regenerative medicine
Longevity and the Compound Effect
Rome wasn’t built in a day and neither is longevity attained overnight. A few years ago I read about the compound effect: it’s this idea that baby steps done regularly lead to extraordinary results on the long term. Exponential growth is very hard for humans to wrap their minds around. Linear growth is so much…… Continue reading Longevity and the Compound Effect
The 3 things lifespan record-breaking species do right
I am in my 30s as I type this. And the idea of celebrating my 100th birthday is unthinkable. Even unimaginable. After some clinical experience with the elderly, I don’t even know whether to feel happy or sad when another centenarian is pestered by curious and anxious people looking for their secret. Because being 100…… Continue reading The 3 things lifespan record-breaking species do right
When money talks, ethics walk
Books belong to the white market. Drugs are traded on the black market. Lots of modern products and services are traded on the gray market – somewhere in between the white, legal market and the underground, illegal, black market. Despite being illegal to trade human tissues and bodies, the red market thrives with flesh exchange…… Continue reading When money talks, ethics walk