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Adaptation, Aging, and Genomic Information
Aging is not simply an accumulation of damage or inappropriate higher-order signaling. Aging occurs because of the extensive absence of adaptive genomic information required for survival to later...
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Caffeine Cuts Male Mating Success
Genescient study suggests that, when long-term effects are considered, two commonly ingested stimulants are not created equal. The study compares the effects of two stimulants and two sedatives....
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AIs, Superflies, and the Path to Immortality
Interpretation of genetic data from fruit flies bred for longevity suggests the major culprit [behind poor health, disease and limited healthspan] may not be accumulated damage, or any particular...
View ArticleFlying in the face of aging
December 16, 2013 The Methuselah fruit fly lives for about four months – four times longer than an ordinary fruit fly. They’re also more vigorous. “They beat up the other flies and take their women...
View ArticleLaboratory Summary Report: 2010
Winter Quarter First DNA extraction of O and B flies using a QPCR kit. Samples were sent to Illumina for sequencing. Started testing a resveratrol analog, Pine Bark extract, on “B” flies at the...
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Winter Quarter We collected the remaining O flies (“RO”) from the Rose lab at UCI, and Genescient now houses ALL O flies. In our Gen9 experiment, we tested MX-100 again. This time, we included a...
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Winter Quarter Dr. Robin Mockett, at University of Alabama, confirmed the longevity benefits of MX-100 on his fruit flies under certain conditions. We begin writing the MX-100 paper, reporting these...
View ArticleLaboratory Summary Report: 2016
Winter Quarter Our Gen31 experiment assays the transgenic Tau Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) flies and our “B” flies with MX100a, memantine (Namenda), and combinations of the two therapies. Memantine...
View ArticleLaboratory Summary Report: 2017
Winter Quarter Work continues on a paper that describes our transgenic Alzheimer’s fly model and the human pilot study we conducted as a result of studies using that model. Some preliminary data...
View ArticleLaboratory Summary Report: 2018
Winter Quarter Our paper, “Multipath Natural Product Suplement Supresses Dementia Symptoms in Amyloid-B and Tau Transgenic Drosophila” is published in The Journal of Biology and Medical Research in...
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