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June 30, 2003
Longevity Genes
Not a lot new here but Science Blog has this article about longevity genes. According to the article they've identfed about 200 genes that affect longevity.
Here's the money quote:
"Earlier this year, Kenyon's lab showed in C. elegans that the damage-repairing chaperone proteins not only increase lifespan, but also delay the onset of protein-aggregation diseases similar to Huntington's diseases."
One of the more promising areas of HD research has been in areas related to 'chaparone proteins'. I do believe we'll see a fairly effective treatment come out of this research in the next few years. The big question mark is if there will be any noticed increases in cancer due to the systemic delaying of cell death (apoptosis). (Generally speaking, it would still be a risk worth taking.)
Posted by Dave at June 30, 2003 01:25 PM
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