During aging, our tissues become crosslinked. Crosslinks are connections (“links”) formed between the building blocks that make up our tissues. For example, sugar molecules are able to form crosslinks between proteins like collagen, which is an important component...
Telomeres are the “caps” on our DNA which protect our DNA. Just like shoestrings have plastic caps to protect them from unraveling, our DNA strands have telomeres that protect them against unraveling. Telomeres are made of DNA themselves. But this DNA does not...
We are living in fascinating times. Scientists are developing completely novel tools to impact the molecular machinery of our cells far more precisely, faster and more cheaply than ever before. What are some of these promising developments? 1. Gene editing...
What’s the best skin care routine to reduce wrinkles and look younger? For most people, it’s difficult to find a proper answer to that question. Lot’s of skin care advice is of low quality. Some important reasons for this are the following: 1. Lot’s...
Likely, the biggest breakthrough in medicine of all time will be the reversal of the aging process. The reasons for this are logical and obvious, but are still all too little known, even by the medical community and in the field of biotechnology and pharma....
