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Longevity

Longevity

lifespan. (With increasing longevity, women will soon be postmenopausal for one third of their lives).


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Re: Future Human Evolution

... live in unnatural air conditioned environments, and their recreation is mostly highly unnatural. The end result is a degree of good health and longevity that is unmatched by any time in history or pre-history. Not perfect - we get some undesirable side effects such as obesity. However, even ...

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by skeptic
Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:44 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Future Human Evolution
Replies: 41
Views: 5688

Stem Cells and life extension

... what clues does this have for our knowledge of the nervous system? Golden ratio.. 1.61 does this number yield clues into nerves, healing, and longevity?

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by debioc
Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:22 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Stem Cells and life extension
Replies: 2
Views: 471

Re: Which dog breed can live the longest?

... around the age of 5. She ate only dry dog food from Pedigree. And she was a small breed of dog. I'm not sure if those factors helped with her longevity. She was a happy, healthy, and active dog until about a year before she drowned. Then she became tired, and only liked walking instead of ...

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by JadedMoon
Tue Feb 10, 2009 2:31 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Which dog breed can live the longest?
Replies: 13
Views: 19113

Human aging

... that kill them before 40. Then for their children, the limit would be raised for few years for every generation, so again the people with good longevity genes, and especially no cancer genes activating before that age would be selected. This way you could slowly select the individuals that ...

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by biohazard
Sun Jan 25, 2009 6:47 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Human aging
Replies: 17
Views: 1891

Re: Human aging

... S.N. Austad and T.B.L. Kirkwood 5. An Overview of the Biology of Aging: A Human Perspective G.M. Martin and C.E. Finch 6. p53, Cancer, and Longevity L.A. Donehower and A.J. Levine 7. Aging Processes in Caenorhabditis elegans H.A. Tissenbaum and T.E. Johnson 8. Cellular Senescence: A Link ...

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by jonmoulton
Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:31 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Human aging
Replies: 17
Views: 1891
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