September 24, 2015

HGPS (Hutchison Guilford Progeria Syndrome) is one of the classic premature aging syndromes that was associated with shortened telomeres but prior to this week, was thought to be primarily acting through nuclear membrane instability. To produce natural HGPS in one in 4,000,000 people, a single sporadic Cytosine to Thymine mutation occurs at position 1824 within …

Premature aging linked to telomeres – cure found Read More »

Yesterday, we lost a great soul in Yogi Berra at the age of 90. He was an All-Star catcher for 15 of his 18 playing seasons and is notable for being a clutch hitter of anything and for playing catcher in the only perfect game in the World Series (1956). But the thing that we …

Yogi Berra, synchronicity, and life as a metaphor for baseball Read More »