's all The same strange. If you participate in research against cancer and you say you do not want to find a cure for this disease, then everyone will say you're crazy. But if you say you want to find a cure for aging, then you are treated quickly quack (Jan Vijg, professor in the Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, 2009, translation) Theme of the month: International Conference in Brussels
is on Saturday 9 and Sunday, October 10 will host the International Conference Immortality Institute Brussels. It the first time an event of this type is arranged on the "old" continent. Many speakers are expected, the undisputed expert in the field, the biogérontologue Aubrey de Grey also prominent Belgian researchers including Professor Bart Braeckman following the secrets of aging of the nematode C. Elegans. And while the experts are wondering, statistics show that even in the absence of a targeted policy for a longer life, the situation is constantly improving. For example, every day, if you're a 45 year old woman living in the Flemish region
you win more than 5 hours of life. And more than 7 hours if you are a man.
cons But while experts are questioning and that the statistics are improving, many philosophers and many politicians continue against all odds to see the advanced age as an inexorable deterioration. And they do not advocate any proactive
The truth is that healthy life is becoming longer. And the truth is that the degradation-or at least the rate of degradation is inevitable-in the absence of scientific progress.
You, reader of these lines, you already have, without realizing it, gained the years life expectancy from birth. At your, age of today, your parents were probably a little older and physically in a state of health a little worse. It is your behavior, the vagaries of life, the environment in which you live will determine what your future life. But it is also thanks to the pace of medical breakthroughs and advances in health in recent decades.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life. But you better party than those who preceded you in the history of mankind.
The good news this month: Biomedical researchers have created stem cells that can grow continuously adults
Researchers at the University of Buffalo (USA) found that adult stem cells transforms can grow and multiply continuously in culture,
The discovery could accelerate development of treatments for many ailments associated with aging including heart disease and neurodegenerative diseases, two of the leading causes of death associated with aging.
Researchers have developed new cell lines by genetically modifying stem cells called "mesenchymal" from the bone marrow.
Currently, mesenchymal stem cells have a limited lifespan in the laboratory and must be renewed from donors. This finding if confirmed opens great perspectives in the field of regeneration by adult stem cells because it means that donors are no longer necessary and that the "raw material" for organ regeneration is readily available.
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To learn more about mesenchymal stem cells: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/11785
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About life expectancy in Flanders (in Dutch): http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=DMF20100917_099
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Image source: logo of the "Immortality Institute"
