What they say: A recent study from the Institute for Cardiovascular Regeneration, Centre of Molecular Medicine, Frankfurt, Germany shows that “MicroRNA-34a regulates cardiac ageing and function.” This study was published in the 7 March 2013 issue of Nature by Prof Dimmler, Boon, and others. What we…
read moreWhat is known: It has been shown earlier that decreasing the expression/activity of mTOR increases overall mammalian lifespan, suggesting that mTOR inhibitors may function as “longevity promoters.” I have published…
read moreIntroduction: What they say A study from the Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Humboldtstraße 50, A-8010 Graz shows that “Cardioprotection and lifespan extension by the natural polyamine spermidine.”…
read moreWhat we say: Dr L Boominathan PhD, Director-cum-chief Scientist of GBMD, reports here that: Shikonin, the major component of Zicao (also known as purple gromwell, the dried root of Lithospermum erythrorhizon), activates…
read moreIntroduction: What they say A study from the Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, California, USA shows that “PIM1 kinase inhibition as…
read moreWhat they say: A recent study from the Institute for Cardiovascular Regeneration, Centre of Molecular Medicine, Frankfurt, Germany shows that “MicroRNA-34a regulates cardiac ageing and function.” This study was published in the 7 March 2013 issue of Nature by Prof Dimmler, Boon, and others. What we…
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