Sentences with phrase «of human lifespan»

Temperatures can go either direction based on complex variables as measured within the fleeting moments of a human lifespan.

With the substantial gains being made in the length of the human lifespan, the golden years of retirement are becoming the golden decades.

«What is the upper - limit of human lifespan, and how can we protect against premature aging?

Due to the length of human lifespans, we will not have the necessary data for at least another generation and perhaps multiple generations.

Not exact matches

After all, he says, capitalism has largely ended world poverty, boosted literacy rates around the world, increased lifespans, and created an era of prosperity unprecedented throughout human history.

Hypothetically, if the drug treatment did add 35 percent to the lifespan of humans, it would bring average life expectancy to between 95 and 100 years.

the longer lifespans, and better health of humans in general, can be attributed to proper hygiene and diets.

«There is no comparison between jailing a human for the rest of their natural lifespan for committing a horrible crime and torturing someone for all of eternity simply because they fail to believe in a god...» ----------- Actually, it's a great ana.logy.

There is no comparison between jailing a human for the rest of their natural lifespan for committing a horrible crime and torturing someone for all of eternity simply because they fail to believe in a god for which there is no proof of.

On the other hand, the same time it took for life to evolve is relatively really, really long compared to the lifespan of human.

How breastfeeding protects women's health throughout the lifespan: The psychoneuroimmunology of human lactation.

The time I spend with my patients, the ways I get to know them, the blood, sweat, tears, and not to mention mountains of debt that I've accrued over the years just to do this calling, this horrible calling that overworks me, underpays me, and leaves me with more stress and a shorter lifespan is all turned into some nebulous evil doctor woo woo that completely disregards me (and not to mention my patients who you seem to view as bleating sheep) as a professional and as a human being.

It's easy to measure time using human lifespans, but peering down the billions of years of Earth's history can give you vertigo

The maximum lifespan for most people may be around 115, because of the innate limits of the human body, according to new research.

Tom Kirkwood of Newcastle University, UK, disagrees with the idea of a limit to human lifespan: «The idea does not really fit what we already know about the biology of the ageing process.

«This study adds evidence that it will be possible to extend human lifespan and healthspan,» says Brian Kennedy, of the National University of Singapore.

The long lifespan of dogs and their reproductive cycle could make them more relevant to human fertility than mice, he says.

«If caloric restriction does not extend human lifespan, we're an exception on the planet,» says gerontologist David Sinclair of Harvard University.

Crossing the vast gulf of interstellar space within a human lifespan will require a whole new wave of research.

This prenatal work is part of a growing body of research to better understand how the human brain develops across its lifespan, from fetus to old age.

They'll answer your questions on a variety of topics, including whether the human lifespan will continue to increase, what impact antiaging research could have on global demographics, and what the latest research says about what you can do to combat the ill effects of growing older

But experts in the mechanisms of ageing say specific aspects of the way the research was conducted mean it's way too soon to declare men a genetic burden who are imposing limits on human lifespan.

«Just one transplant of the human EPO - producing cells treated kidney anaemia in mice, keeping their haemoglobin levels in the normal range for the remaining 7 - month lifespan of the animals,» says Kenji Osafune, of Kyoto University in Japan, who led the team.

«C. elegans is a powerful tool for biological research because it shares many of the same anatomic and cell functions as humans, and their short lifespan (average 17 days) enables us to study genes and measure cell traits in just two to three weeks.»

A single gene appears to play a crucial role in coordinating the immune system and metabolism, and deleting the gene in mice reduces body fat and extends lifespan, according to new research by scientists at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center (USDA HNRCA) on Aging at Tufts University and Yale University School of Medicine.

Understanding the regulation and limitation of the telomerase enzyme holds the promise of reversing telomere shortening and cellular aging with the potential to extend human lifespan and improve the health and wellness of elderly individuals.

But while researchers have previously been able to infect cultures of human hepatocytes with HBV, the cells» limited lifespan has made it difficult to study the virus, says Bhatia, who is also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and a member of MIT's Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and Institute for Medical Engineering and Science.

Among them, novel genes like RHEBL1, AMHR2, PSMG1, or AGER were identified that have never before been linked to general aging processes and lifespan, but are known to directly contribute to the development of aging - associated diseases like cancer or Alzheimer's disease in humans.

Human lifespan is rising fast everywhere, but the Global AgeWatch Index shows that some places do better than other at making the most of their old people

«Only three interventions — severely cutting the number of calories consumed, restricting the amount of methionine (a type of amino acid found in meat and other proteins) in the diet and using the drug rapamycin — have been shown to truly prolong the lifespans of vertebrates, but eating less and not eating meat will not be welcomed by general population, while rapamycin has shown to suppress the human immune system,» Liu said.

It is an ancient, pivotal episode in the human lifespan, pre-programmed into us by natural selection — an exceptional characteristic of an exceptional species.

Cultural development added a technological dimension to the metabolism of human populations — increasing food production on the one hand, and lengthening lifespans on the other.

The stars of the Big Dipper, low in the north, speak to the human lifespan.

Claims that boosting levels of enzymes called sirtuins can combat age - related diseases and even increase human lifespan have suffered a serious blow.

To top that, we have developed an extraordinarily complex medical system capable of doubling the human lifespan.

«Of course there are limits to human lifespan if you don't interfere,» says Richard Faragher, a biogerontologist at the University of Brighton, UOf course there are limits to human lifespan if you don't interfere,» says Richard Faragher, a biogerontologist at the University of Brighton, Uof Brighton, UK.

What made this study different from, say, a study of human twins is that the subjects» movements could be tracked in extraordinary detail over a significant portion of their lifespan.

The discussions of novel interventions and / or therapeutics that appear to slow aging processes will, in turn, guide the field toward facilitating extended periods of good health and prolonging lifespan in humans.

Founded by Paul F. Glenn in 1965, the mission of the Glenn Foundation For Medical Research is to extend the healthy years of life through research on mechanisms of biology that govern normal human aging and its related physiological decline, with the objective of translating research into interventions that will extend healthspan with lifespan.

Although of course there are a number of caveats since mice can be cured from cancer at higher rates, they don't suffer from some of our diseases, they are sensitive to being handled (if grabbing them can shorten their lifespan through stress, the mouse version of standard human medical care may do the same), so I guess that increases in maximum lifespan are indeed the only reliable indicator that an intervention is impacting age - related mortality.

«Although these articles concentrate on the US regulatory landscape, they offer an important message that is relevant worldwide: as our understanding of the harmful effects of a combination of chemicals at low concentrations and throughout the human lifespan increases, scientists must re-examine long - held beliefs regarding the relationship between exposure and effect, and ensure that policy makers understand the significance of these findings.»

First, while adult stem cells (stem cells isolated from a variety of adult tissues) are limited in their lifespan, hESCs can be grown and expanded indefinitely, potentially creating an infinite number of hESCs from a single human embryo.

While small studies in humans with cognitive impairment have suggested that BHB could improve memory, senior scientist and Buck President and CEO, Eric Verdin MD, says this is the first study in aging mammals which details the positive effects of BHB on memory and lifespan.

«I don't think that the kind of approach the authors took gives evidence for a limit to human lifespan.»

Jay Olshansky does not remember what advice he gave when reviewing the first version of the manuscript Evidence for a limit to human lifespan.

He briefly returns to the subject of Evidence for a limit to human lifespan.

Were they right to give Evidence for a limit to human lifespan a place at the top of the scientific tree, at the cost of 11 other manuscripts?

Preceding publication of this article, the authors and peer reviewers of «Evidence for a limit to human lifespan» who were consulted for the article checked facts and quotations.

Calico, a company whose mission is to harness advanced technologies to increase understanding of the biology that controls human lifespan, and UC San Francisco have partnered on an innovative project to develop potential therapies for cognitive decline.

The tiny roundworm C. elegans shares over 40 % of its genetic information with humans and its short lifespan makes it especially well - suited for defining genes that influence healthy lifespan.