Telomere

Magnesium stabilizes DNA. It also is related to the function of telomerase. Telomerase elongates telomeres in the body. Elongate telomeres have been associated with reduced aging. Therefore, magnesium can also slow down the aging process (Rowe). Magnesium activates enzymes and it regulates many of the nutrients that are in the body. Along with that, it can help to…

water, and urea. Typical cells in the body have a certain amount of time before they expire. Cancer cells on the other hands try to find a way to become immortal. In order to become immortal, the telomere in the chromosome is responsible for having control on the growth and divide of a cell. The telomeres purpose of function is to be attached at the end of the chromosome and help prevent any mutations. The cells of DNA begin to…

Diet related disease is currently the largest cause of death in the United States of America. Everyone can help decrease those numbers by simply eating right and improving personal health. Eating healthy has multiple benefits besides improving overall well-being. Eating healthy is an imperative decision that anyone can choose to follow for a better quality of life that will control weight, improve mood, combat disease, boost energy, and provide a longer life span. Eating healthy has been…

The N8tive Zone is the way the human body 's metabolism is originally designed to be fueled. In the words of Leonardo da Vinci, “Medicine is the restoration of discordant elements; sickness is the discord of the elements infused into the living body” (search).These two metabolic pathways control how the human body’s energy sources are used. Once in the N8tive Zone, the body will increase performance mostly due to controlled clean nutrients, balancing of hormones, and improved cell signaling.…

Does social support have a great impact on a person’s wellbeing and health thus making it an important factor for longevity? It is a major difference in people who live happy, healthy and longer lives versus people who are depressed and lonely. The more I read on the topic and realized how important social support truly is, the more interested I became in the topic. Brown, Nesse, Vinkur, & Smith (2003) conducted a study to see if giving support had more of influence on decreasing the risk of…

HeLa cells are a unique strain of cancerous cells obtained from the cancerous cervical tissue of Henrietta Lacks, who perished to the disease on October 4, 1951. HeLa cells are unique because they are “immortal”. HeLa cells are immortal because they do not experience programmed cell death like normal cells would, allowing the HeLa cells to replicate infinitely without experiencing degeneration of genetic material. It is suspected that Henrietta's human papilloma virus and syphilis played a…

BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic testing, should everyone do it? Introduction Cancer happens when the cells in the body grow out of control and make tumors. This procedure is organized by biochemical in different parts of the body. (7) Breast cancer is the most common cancer among all the woman and about 5-10 percent of breast cancers are heritable. (9) Mutation in BRCA genes is responsible for 25 percent Inherent Breast cancer. Breast cancer is affected by so many risk factors. Every year about 233,000…

replicate in your body, they lose a little bit of DNA from the end of each chromosome. Thus resulting in cells being different from their original cell. Many cells have a natural defense in this called Telomeres, which is unneeded DNA at the end of each chromosome, we can control how much Telomeres we have by controlling our diet and following the zone diet, making us age slower than others. Scientifically, the zone diet can help improve the body’s physical state because too much protein and…

Has anyone ever wondered about all the cells in their body, and what they can do, and how they work? Till and McCulloch were known as the first two people to know what stem cells are, and used them in a research paper in 1963(Who Really Discovered Stem Cells?). Dr. Florence Sabin is technically the first person the person they recently discovered because he had turned in an essay about stem cells in 1931(Who Really Discovered Stem Cell?). With all the research that is here, more people would…

Epidemiology of Chemotherapy and Radiation Causing Premature Aging: With the results of cancer treatments that have caused premature aging, Doctor Melissa Hudson of the St Jude Children’s Research Hospital stated that: “cataracts were present in over 20 per cent of those who had received eye radiation, or had been treated with glucocorticoids or busulfan”, and “the presence of heart valve disorders in those aged 40 who had received chest radiation increased in prevalence from 5.7 per cent to…