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Putting the Fountain of Youth in a Pill - Texas Public Radio

By sageweb on 04 September 2010

An audio clip from the Texas Public Radio show Bioscience Breakthrough.  The text description follows:

Quantifying Yeast Chronological Lifespan by Outgrowth of Aged Cells (video)

By bradyo on 06 May 2010

We have developed a high-throughput method for quantitative measurement of chronological life span. This method involves aging the cells in a defined medium under agitation and at constant temperature. At each age-point, a sub-population of cells is removed from the aging culture and inoculated into rich growth medium.

Suspended animation within our grasp?

By Anonymous on 04 April 2010

Mark Roth of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center discusses research on suspended animation at TED2010.

BBC Explorations - Staying Young Part 1

By guest on 29 March 2010

The human life span may soon be doubled. Some scientists are honing in on a genetic switch to turn off ageing. Others have discovered a hormone which is already producing startling results in the over fifties.

BBC Explorations - Staying Young Part 2

By guest on 29 March 2010

Part 2 of the BBC series "Staying Young".  Click here to go to the beginning of the series.

BBC Explorations - Staying Young Part 3

By guest on 29 March 2010

Part 3 of the BBC series "Staying Young".  Click here to go to the beginning of the series.

BBC Explorations - Staying Young Part 4

By guest on 29 March 2010

Part 4 of the BBC series "Staying Young".  Click here to go to the beginning of the series.

BBC Explorations - Staying Young Part 5

By guest on 29 March 2010

Part 5 of the BBC series "Staying Young".  Click here to go to the beginning of the series.

Translating Dietary Restriction into Long Life

By guest on 29 March 2010

Video accompanying the publication by Pankaj Kapahi's lab in Cell showing the importance of 4E-BP in modulating differential translation of specific mRNAs in response to dietary restriciton in flies.

Calorie Restriction ABC

By moderator on 29 March 2010

Joseph Cordell on CR. This video looks at the study going on a Washington University in St Louis, and also looks at the primate study in Wisconsin. The video is from 26.7.2007. New evidence suggests that primates are indeed living longer on Calorie Restriction.