Anti-aging secret discovered by UBC researcher in wrinkle-free mice

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Anti-aging secret discovered by UBC researcher in wrinkle-free mice
Topic Started: Dec 18 2014, 04:16 PM (89 Views)
Darcie	Dec 18 2014, 04:16 PM Post #1
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	Quote: A scientific team at UBC and Providence Health Care has stumbled upon an anti-aging secret that may be a fountain of youth, after noticing some genetically engineered mice had less wrinkled skin despite repeated exposure to ultraviolet light. Researcher David Granville said he was investigating why lack of an enzyme named Granzyme B in the mice made their blood vessels more resistant to hardening of the arteries — a major cause of heart attacks. That's when he noticed something else going on with his mice. David Granville: UBC finds fountain of youth. UBC Professor David Granville said he was looking at a particular enzyme's role in hardening of the arteries and heart attacks when he accidentally discovered its relationship to aging skin. (UBC) "You know you're looking for the blood vessels, You are focused on the blood vessel and then you have this thing in the skin, and you're just like, 'Wow.' It's completely unexpected." What Granville discovered was that some of the mice had more youthful-looking skin than other mice http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/anti-aging-secret-discovered-by-ubc-researcher-in-wrinkle-free-mice-1.2876531?cmp=rss&cid=news-digests-british-columbia HHHMMMM in the future we will be able to die of old age with the skin of a baby. Wonder how that profits mankind.



Dana	Dec 18 2014, 05:29 PM Post #2
WWS Hummingbird Guru & Wildlife photographer extrordinaire Posts: 13,054 Group: Member Member #830 Joined: March 23, 2011	Perhaps in helping against the ravages of sun exposure? If it remains in good shape is it better at repairing itself than it does when we age? Also Quote: not just skin, but blood vessels and lung passages.



wildie	Dec 19 2014, 11:07 AM Post #3
Veteran Member Posts: 12,173 Group: Member Member #442 Joined: October 11, 2006	Darcie Dec 18 2014, 04:16 PM Quote: A scientific team at UBC and Providence Health Care has stumbled upon an anti-aging secret that may be a fountain of youth, after noticing some genetically engineered mice had less wrinkled skin despite repeated exposure to ultraviolet light. Researcher David Granville said he was investigating why lack of an enzyme named Granzyme B in the mice made their blood vessels more resistant to hardening of the arteries — a major cause of heart attacks. That's when he noticed something else going on with his mice. David Granville: UBC finds fountain of youth. UBC Professor David Granville said he was looking at a particular enzyme's role in hardening of the arteries and heart attacks when he accidentally discovered its relationship to aging skin. (UBC) "You know you're looking for the blood vessels, You are focused on the blood vessel and then you have this thing in the skin, and you're just like, 'Wow.' It's completely unexpected." What Granville discovered was that some of the mice had more youthful-looking skin than other mice http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/anti-aging-secret-discovered-by-ubc-researcher-in-wrinkle-free-mice-1.2876531?cmp=rss&cid=news-digests-british-columbia HHHMMMM in the future we will be able to die of old age with the skin of a baby. Wonder how that profits mankind. I can just imagine all the mourners circled round the casket singing 'baby face, you got the cutest little baby face' !



swing	Dec 20 2014, 05:37 AM Post #4
swing Posts: 9,979 Group: Member Member #359 Joined: August 18, 2006	My morning chuckle ~ thanks Wildie!!



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