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Surviving the Nuclear Apocalypse, or Just Aging Better

October 2, 2016by lalancaster Leave a comment

Would you introduce another organism’s genes into your own body in order to age more slowly? What if the genes could reduce radiation damage? Recently, researchers made a discovery that […]

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Aging, Biology

CRISPR Games

February 19, 2016by lalancaster Leave a comment

If you doubt the power of the written word, look at one of biotech’s recent controversies. In this blog, I’ve mentioned CRISPR, the gene editing technology that . Like many scientific endeavors, it […]

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Biology, Culture and Society

Antioxidants and Cancer-Too Much of a Good Thing?

October 16, 2015by lalancaster Leave a comment

Antioxidants are everywhere, in supplements, super foods, teas, and for good reason, they may slow or reduce the ravages of aging. Click here for more. Antioxidants reduce the free radicals produced by normal metabolism […]

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Biology

Birth Order and Longevity

March 7, 2015by lalancaster Leave a comment

I thought that I heard that first-born children were longer lived and I was going to write this post in order to rub it in to my two younger brothers. […]

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Aging

Personality, Genes, And Longevity

February 28, 2015by lalancaster Leave a comment

Some of my writer friends build their characters based on personality types. Whether they choose to set two characters on opposite ends of the Meyers-Briggs evaluation, or pit type A […]

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Culture and Society, Genetics

Meditate On This

February 21, 2015by lalancaster Leave a comment

My grandmother has Alzheimer’s disease. She is afraid to take a shower. She talks about her long dead father as if he is still alive. When she is at her […]

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Aging, Biology

Sun Spots and Age Spots

January 26, 2015by lalancaster Leave a comment

It’s northern light season here in Fairbanks. I see them sometimes when I run outside to my outhouse and run back (it’s -35 F right now). Most displays last a […]

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Aging, Biology

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: 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

Liquid Aging

October 31, 2014by lalancaster Leave a comment

When I was running on the cross country team in high school, there was a runner who swore off soda because he thought it reduced his heart-lung capacity. Later, I […]

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Aging, Biology

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