Welcome to the 95th installment of Tangled Bank , a blog carnival devoted “to science and medicine, broadly defined.”
The installment’s title was inspired by its issue number, and comes from a probably apocryphal line almost definitely never uttered by Martin Luther, the author of the 95 Theses — in honor of Tangled Bank founder PZ Myers ‘ deep love for Christianity (or possibly for just nailing things into churches).
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In The Scientific Paper: past, present and probable future , Bora Zivkovic of A Blog Around the Clock discusses (at considerable length)...
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How premature aging resembles calorie restrictionFrom: ouroboros.wordpress.com
Post Date: 2007-01-24 12:30:44
DNA repair mutants often show a dramatic accelerated aging phenotype, with affected animals developing signs of frailty (wrinkling, graying, osteoporosis, heart disease, senility, you name it) much more rapidly than their wildtype cohorts. In some cases, these mutants age (”segmentally,” which is to say, not in every part of the body equally) at a rate ten or twenty times faster than normal.
In contrast, small body size due to genetic dwarfism and calorie restri...
more 2007 World Conference of Stress in Budapest: Abstract submissions are openFrom: ouroboros.wordpress.com
Post Date: 2007-01-22 09:28:04
From the mailbag:
Dear Colleague,
it is my pleasure to ask you to submit your abstract and registration to the 2007 World Conference of Stress ( www.stress07.com ), which will be organized in Budapest, Hungary between August 23 and 26 next year. The Conference will be a sequel of our very successful meeting with more than 800 participants in 1997. The announcement of this Conference made an enthusiastic response of the scientific community. We received more than 400 exciting sy...
more Call for submissions: Tangled Bank #72From: ouroboros.wordpress.com
Post Date: 2007-01-18 09:49:13
On January 31st, Ouroboros will be hosting Tangled Bank , a blog carnival devoted to “articles in the field of science and medicine, very broadly defined.”
I invite you to submit your best and brightest recent weblog postings for inclusion in the carnival. Anything goes, subject to the very broad subject guideline. For examples, see the current issue over at Voltage Gate or the carnival back issues at the Tangled Bank mothership .
Submissions can be made via blogcarniva...
more Resveratrol as an antioxidantFrom: ouroboros.wordpress.com
Post Date: 2007-01-17 11:11:24
Recently we’ve discussed the flurry of attention being paid to resveratrol , a natural product derived from grape skins. Several current papers have demonstrated that the compound extends lifespan , increases exercise tolerance , and decreases some types of inflammation — at least, when administered in very high doses to rodents.
Most of the excitement has focused on resveratrol’s role as an activator of the sirtuins , proteins that have been implicated in lifespan regu...
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