anti-aging

Human Body Fat a source of regenerative stem cells

Forbes highlights what must be one of the most tempting win-wins in medical science, turning human body fat into stem cells. So now, with liposuction, you get rid of that excess flab, and get yourself a spare kidney at the same time.

Link: Exercise Guards White Blood Cells Against Aging – US News and World Report

More data suggesting the efficacy of exercise, this time long distance. Endurance athletes had longer telomeres — DNA at the tips of chromosomes that protect the cell — in their white blood cells than healthy, nonsmoking adults who did not exercise regularly, German researchers report. (..) Over the life span, cells continue to divide. Each [...]

'Pong' pioneer Bushnell says video games may save your brain – Game Hunters: In search of video games and interactive awesomeness (link)

Anti-AgingGames.com is introducing a suite of up to 30 online games today, ranging from simulations of police lineups and code-cracking to trying to remember what toppings are on a pizza, that it says may help Baby Boomers through Gen Yers improve and sustain their memory and concentration. The games are offered as a package for [...]