http://www.tjols.com/category-116.html en-us Copyright 2007 The Journal Of Life Science Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:12:33 UTC http://www.tjols.com/article-853.html Scientists at the Buck Institute for Age Research have identified biomarkers of aging that are highly predictive of both chronological and physiological age. The research, published in the online edition of Aging Cell, is viewed as the first step toward identifying similar biomarkers in humans that could provide a means of scientific means of proving anti-aging therapies work. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.tjols.com/article-853.html http://www.tjols.com/article-837.html Researchers studying Alzheimer’s disease usually focus their attention on people who suffer from the ravages of the disease, but scientists at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine thought they should turn their attention toward so-called “super aged people,” those of advanced age who demonstrated the mental acuity of people much younger, to see if they could unlock any clues about the aging brain.  Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.tjols.com/article-837.html http://www.tjols.com/article-819.html Using conventional vaccines to respond to an avian flu pandemic poses a few problems. It can take as long as nine months to grow a vaccine, a delay that could render such efforts worthless to combat a pandemic. The other challenge is such vaccines are grown in chicken eggs, which may be hard to come by in the midst of a bird flu pandemic. The San Diego vaccine maker Vical may have found a solution. DANIEL S. LEVINE Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.tjols.com/article-819.html