Longevity Research

Kathy Freston: A High Protein Diet Won't Make You Lose Weight Long Term: In Fact, It May Make You Fatter (The Huffington Post)
It's resoundingly clear in that a plant-based diet is both preventative and healing, whereas a diet high in animal protein is destructive to our health. High protein diets not only makes us sick, but also fat.

Reversing protein deficiency through gene therapy can improve SMA (News-Medical-Net)
Reversing a protein deficiency through gene therapy can correct motor function, restore nerve signals and improve survival in mice that serve as a model for the lethal childhood disorder spinal muscular atrophy, new research shows.

U.S. and German Scientists Honored with MetLife Foundation Awards for Medical Research in Alzheimer's Disease (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Complementary approaches to Alzheimer's research were recognized as four scientists received the prestigious MetLife Foundation Awards for Medical Research in Alzheimer's Disease in Washington, D.C. during a scientific briefing and luncheon. Â Todd E.

'Virtual cell' could bring benefits of simulation to biology (PhysOrg)
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a matter of months, bioengineer Markus Covert, PhD, expects to unveil the first "whole-cell" computer model of an organism.

Fondation IPSEN: "Epigenetic Dynamics in the Immune System" (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
PARIS----The seventh meeting in the “Emergence and Convergence” series jointly organized by La Fondation IPSEN and Nature brings together today in San Antonio leading experts to discuss concepts emerging from gene regulation studies in immune cells that have led to insights into the initiation and maintenance of epigenetic chromatin marks necessary for proper differentiation and function of ...

Casey Container Corp. (SWDE-OTCBB) Acquires Rights to New EcoPure™ Technology, Offers Biodegradable Plastic Containers ... (PR.com)
Casey Container Corp. announces name change from Sawadee Ventures, Inc, and adds three new board members to open its first U.S. plant in 2010. [PR.com]

FDA expands indication for Crestor (News-Medical-Net)
On Feb. 8 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the cholesterol-lowering medication Crestor (rosuvastatin) for some patients who are at increased risk of heart disease but have not been diagnosed with it.