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Toughest, and Funnest, Pet?

September 3, 2016by lalancaster Leave a comment

  If you can get past the smell of sulfur and brine, a swim in the Great Salt Lake is a swim with some of the planet’s toughest creatures, brine […]

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Biology

Why Men Die Young

September 4, 2015by lalancaster Leave a comment

We all know that men are more likely to die due to accidents, disease, or suicide, but there are also biological reasons men die sooner: Bigger body size- Women tend […]

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Biology

Ethics of Editing Genes

April 5, 2015by lalancaster 3 Comments

If you have a mutation in one gene that makes you sick, wouldn’t it be great to cut it out? There has been progress to do just that. A new […]

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Genetics

Is Chocolate Making You Old?

January 11, 2015by lalancaster Leave a comment

We know smoking makes you age faster, but what about your chocolate bar? Cadmium, a chemical found in tobacco smoke, contaminated food, and air pollution, has been linked to inflammation, […]

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Aging, Biology

Theories of Aging- It’s Just Hormones

December 14, 2014by lalancaster Leave a comment

From experience or textbooks, we all know that hormone levels change as we age. From my co-worker who experiences “personal summers” and fans herself with several sheets of paper during […]

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Aging, Biology

Theories of Aging: Anti-Oxidize Me

November 30, 2014by lalancaster 1 Comment

Every where you turn you hear about anti-oxidants. Red wine, green tea, and fruits that have just been discovered deep in a jungle all promise to slow aging. What is […]

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Aging, Biology

Clone Your Best Friend?

November 14, 2014by lalancaster Leave a comment

We love our pet’s quirks and habits: Fiesty the cat likes to rest on top of the printer where its warm, but her weak stomach sometimes makes her barf into it. […]

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Biology, Genetics, Immortality

A Dog’s Life

November 7, 2014by lalancaster Leave a comment

Although it’s not accurate that for every human year a dog ages 7 years (that’s just the puppy years and it varies by breed), our best friends have much shorter […]

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Aging, Biology

Is Cancer Trying to Help Us?

October 24, 2014by lalancaster Leave a comment

I recently signed a card for a friend of mine battling cancer. I wrote, “Fight that fight. We are all in your corner.” That kind of language is inherent in […]

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Biology

The Skinny On Calorie Restriction

October 10, 2014by lalancaster Leave a comment

Last week in my post about the Rate-of-Living Theory of why we age, I expected to tell readers that caloric restriction works for yeast, worms, and rodents, but had never […]

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Aging, Biology

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