DHEA Vault : Media Article #1. Los Angeles Times Monday, April 28, 1997 by Robert A. Rosenblatt (staff writer) Health: TV blitz aims to caution consumers about DHEA, melatonin. Advocates say supplements slow aging. WASHINGTON--The government is organizing a television blitz to warn Americans who gulp hormone pills to restore their youth and strength that they could be flirting disastrously with high blood pressure, diabetes and cancer. The heavily promoted "miracle" compounds--melatonin and DHEA--promise to eliminate sleepless nights, stave off the ravages of time and give a 50-year-old couch potato the sexual performance of a 20-year-old. But the National Institute on Aging, normally a quiet and staid purveyor of federal dollars to scientific researchers, is sounding a loud alarm about the hormone craze. In the spot, an anxious, balding middle-aged man whines to "Madame Eterno," a fortune teller, "I'm losing my hair. . . .
DHEA and melatonin are classified as food supplements, available without prescription. Patients 'free from cancer' after immune-boost treatment. Partial reversal of aging achieved in mice. Harvard scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute say they have for the first time partially reversed age-related degeneration in mice, resulting in new growth of the brain and testes, improved fertility, and the return of a lost cognitive function. In a report posted online by the journal Nature in advance of print publication, researchers led by Ronald A. DePinho, a Harvard Medical School (HMS) professor of genetics, said they achieved the milestone in aging science by engineering mice with a controllable telomerase gene. The telomerase enzyme maintains the protective caps called telomeres that shield the ends of chromosomes.
As humans age, low levels of telomerase are associated with progressive erosion of telomeres, which may then contribute to tissue degeneration and functional decline in the elderly. By creating mice with a telomerase switch, the researchers were able to generate prematurely aged mice. Importantly, the animals showed no signs of developing cancer.
9 Implants that make human healthy body even more useful. Here’s a list of 9 ways you can modify your body to be even more useful, from bionic implants to portable power generators. 1. RFID Chips – A nice and easy way to start out with body hacking is to implant an RFID chip into you. An RFID chip is just a passive antenna that’s pre-configured to transmit a specific code when it’s brought near an RFID reader. Generally, RFID is used as a key of sorts; so for example, you can set up your computer or your phone to unlock only when you pick them up. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Source. Cancer.