New study finds length of DNA strands can predict life expectancy

In CategoryDeath and Dying
ByRuss Bianchi

Can the length of strands of DNA in patients with heart disease predict their life expectancy? Researchers from the Intermountain Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City, who studied the DNA of more that 3,500 patients with heart disease, say yes it can.

New study finds length of DNA strands can predict life expectancy

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Sending out an SOS: How telomeres incriminate cells that can’t divide

In CategoryUncategorized
ByRuss Bianchi

It is already scientifically proven one does not need inefficient and deadly drugs like chemo to “restore” of “fix” telomeres (which is an oxymoron).

Naturally occurring vinblastine and amino acids sequence protein boosters, that are full bioavailable naturally in moringa are already in Zija® for fraction of cents on the dollar, and with no harmful side effects!

GOT ZIJA®!

~ Uncle Russ

The well-being of living cells requires specialized squads of proteins that maintain order. Degraders chew up worn-out proteins, recyclers wrap up damaged organelles, and-most importantly-DNA repair crews restitch anything that resembles a broken chromosome. If repair is impossible, the crew foreman calls in executioners to annihilate a cell. As unsavory as this last bunch sounds, failure to summon them is one aspect of what makes a cancer cell a cancer cell.

Sending out an SOS: How telomeres incriminate cells that can’t divide

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Johns Hopkins scientists link DNA ‘end-caps’ length to diabetes risk

In CategoryBlood Glucose Conditions
ByRuss Bianchi

New evidence has emerged from studies in mice that short telomeres or “caps” at the ends of chromosomes may predispose people to age-related diabetes, according to Johns Hopkins scientists.

Johns Hopkins scientists link DNA ‘end-caps’ length to diabetes risk

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Structure, dynamics of a chemical signal that triggers metastatic cancer revealed

In CategoryCancer, Other Human Health Conditions
ByRuss Bianchi

In cancer and other pathological diseases, researchers are discovering that packaging is important: specifically, how DNA – about two meters long when unwound and stretched – coils up and compacts neatly inside the nucleus of a cell.

Structure, dynamics of a chemical signal that triggers metastatic cancer revealed

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Fat Associated With Chemical Changes in DNA That May Help Explain Obesity-Related Disease

In CategoryFats, Weight Health
ByRuss Bianchi

HFCS, at any consumption level, is automatically converted to triglycerides, LDL cholesterol and stored adipose (fat) tissue.

It’s the HFCS, stupid, causing obesity.

~ Uncle Russ

ScienceDaily (Jan. 24, 2011) — Fat appears to associate with some distinctive chemical changes in the DNA — a finding that may help explain why obesity can increase the risk for chronic problems such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes, researchers report.

Fat Associated With Chemical Changes in DNA That May Help Explain Obesity-Related Disease

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Fat associated with chemical changes in DNA that may help explain obesity-related disease

In CategoryWeight Health
ByRuss Bianchi

It’s the HFCS, Stupid.

~ Uncle Russ

Fat appears to associate with some distinctive chemical changes in the DNA – a finding that may help explain why obesity can increase the risk for chronic problems such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes, researchers report.

Fat associated with chemical changes in DNA that may help explain obesity-related disease

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B vitamin may protect pilots’ DNA from damage

In CategoryVitamins
ByRuss Bianchi

Vitamin B-3 is known to arrest and reverse cardiovascular disease, if absorbable, in over two thirds of all ingestees without surgical procedures or drugs.

~ Uncle Russ

Increased intakes of niacin (vitamin B3) from the diet may protect against DNA damage in people exposed to ionizing radiation such as pilots, says a new study.

B vitamin may protect pilots’ DNA from damage

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Rivalry Among DNA Sleuths Comes Alive in Letters

In CategoryScience
ByRuss Bianchi

A long-lost trove of letters written by and to Francis Crick, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, has resurfaced, highlighting the tensions between the members of two English laboratories as they vied with each other and in alliance against a formidable American rival, the great chemist Linus Pauling.

Rivalry Among DNA Sleuths Comes Alive in Letters

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Green tea may protect DNA from damage: Human study

In CategoryBeverages
ByRuss Bianchi

GOT ZIJA®, that is much higher in antioxidant complexity and benefit?! ]

Read the book on Elizabeth Blackburn, MD, and Nobel Laureate In Medicine, from UCSF, in the technical recommended reading section of this web site.

~ Uncle Russ

Drinking green tea every day for a month may protect against damage at a genetic levels, with benefits linked to the beverage’s antioxidant content, says a new study.

Green tea may protect DNA from damage: Human study

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UC Berkeley scaling back freshmen DNA testing

In CategoryScience
ByRuss Bianchi

BERKELEY, Calif.—Professors behind a University of California, Berkeley, plan to voluntarily test the DNA of incoming freshman say they are scaling back the program.

UC Berkeley scaling back freshmen DNA testing

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New evidence that smokeless tobacco damages DNA and key enzymes

In CategoryTobacco/Smoking
ByRuss Bianchi

Smokeless snuff and chewing tobacco brands are not tobacco, they are harsh cancer chemically laden products that KILL.

~ Uncle Russ

Far from having adverse effects limited to the mouth, smokeless tobacco affects the normal function of a key family of enzymes found in almost every organ in the body, according to the first report on the topic in ACS’ monthly journal Chemical Research in Toxicology.

New evidence that smokeless tobacco damages DNA and key enzymes

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Telomeres: Size Matters When It Comes to DNA

In CategoryScience
ByRuss Bianchi

Read the book by Elizabeth Blackburn, Telomeres Supreme Command  Expert & 2009 Nobel Prize for Medicine Winner from UCSF Medical School, posted under technical recommended readings on this web site.

~ Uncle Russ

ScienceDaily (June 9, 2010) — A new study at the University of Leicester is examining a sequence of DNA — known as telomeres — that varies in length between individual.

Telomeres: Size Matters When It Comes to DNA

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Telomeres: Size Matters When It Comes to DNA

In CategoryScience
ByRuss Bianchi

ScienceDaily (June 9, 2010) — A new study at the University of Leicester is examining a sequence of DNA — known as telomeres — that varies in length between individual.

Telomeres: Size Matters When It Comes to DNA

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Breast Milk Does DNA Good

In CategoryBaby/Children/Teen Health
ByRuss Bianchi

Mother’s Breast Milk Is ALWAYS Best. The World Health Organization recommends a MINIMUM of 2 years for a child in breast feeding.

Breast Milk has been BEST since the species existed.

Mother’s Pumped & Refrigerated Breast Milk is second best.

Bonded Wet Nurse Mother’s Milk is third best.

Raw & Fresh Bovine Or Goat’s Milk is fourth best.

Pasteurized Bovine & Goat’s Milk is fifth best.

As a LAST RESORT, and only in emergency situation basis, GOOD START or FOLLOW UP from Nestle.

Under NO circumstances, Enfamil Or Similac – pure POISON, that retards immunity and intestinal and infant development and growth.

~ Uncle Russ

A newborn gulping breast milk may be doing his or her genes good, researchers say.

Breast milk, but not formula, may improve the functioning of a baby’s genes in a way that protects the infant from illness, according to a new study published in the May issue of the American Journal of Physiology, Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology.

Breast Milk Does DNA Good

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Mammoth Blood Brought Back to Life with Ancient DNA

In CategoryScience
ByRuss Bianchi

‘Jurassic Park’ is nearly here.

~ Uncle Russ

A team of international researchers has brought the primary component of mammoth blood back to life using ancient DNA preserved in bones from Siberian specimens 25,000 to 43,000 years old. Studies of recreated mammoth hemoglobin, published May 3, 2010, in Nature Genetics, reveal special evolutionary adaptations that allowed the mammoth to cool its extremities down in harsh Arctic conditions to minimize heat loss.

Mammoth Blood Brought Back to Life with Ancient DNA

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DNA And Its Complexes

In CategoryScience
ByRuss Bianchi

Nutrients from plants repair DNA.

GOT ZIJA?!

~ Uncle Russ

ScienceDaily (Apr. 30, 2010) — Throughout life, DNA repair mechanisms go to work during exposure (UV radiation, etc.) in order to protect the human genetic code. This role is assured by the NER complex. A team of researchers headed by Jean-Marc Egly, Inserm research director at the Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC, CNRS / Inserm / Université de Strasbourg) has just shown that NER’s role goes well beyond repairing DNA: it regulates transcription, the first stage for all processes necessary for life.

DNA And Its Complexes

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The government has your baby’s DNA!

In CategoryBaby/Children/Teen Health
ByRuss Bianchi

Big Brother Is Collecting.

~ Uncle Russ

(NaturalNews) According to Brad Therrell, director of the National Newborn Screening & Genetics Resource Center, all babies born in the United States are required to be screened for a host of genetic diseases. The government has mandated that all newborns be evaluated genetically to see whether or not they might be predisposed to developing a genetic disease and most parents are not informed about the tests.

The government has your baby’s DNA!

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New Methods Identify Thousands of New DNA Sequences Missing from the Human Genome Reference Map

In CategoryUncategorized
ByRuss Bianchi

They also forgot the MILLIONS of unidentified amino acid sequencing, light years from being charted or duplicatable.

~ Uncle Russ

 ScienceDaily (Apr. 21, 2010) — Researchers have discovered 2,363 new DNA sequences corresponding to 730 regions on the human genome by using new approaches. These sequences represent segments of the genome that were not charted in the reference map of the human genome.

New Methods Identify Thousands of New DNA Sequences Missing from the Human Genome Reference Map

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Mercury Is Higher in Some Tuna Species, According to DNA Barcoding; New Research Provides Insight Into Healthier Consumption of Sushi

In CategoryFood and More
ByRuss Bianchi

Watch a TED Conference video, posted on this web site, in the video section, on “Her Deepness” and the problems, we as a species are facing, with dying oceans.

~ Uncle Russ

ScienceDaily (Apr. 21, 2010) — New research showing that that mercury levels are higher in some species of tuna could help consumers minimize their consumption of the silvery metal in their sushi and provide a powerful new tool for regulatory organizations. The new research — combining DNA barcoding at that American Museum of Natural History with analysis of mercury content at Rutgers University — is published in Biology Letters early online edition and shows surprisingly that tuna sushi purchased in supermarkets might be healthier than that from restaurants. The sushi made for supermarkets tends to be yellowfin tuna.

Mercury Is Higher in Some Tuna Species, According to DNA Barcoding; New Research Provides Insight Into Healthier Consumption of Sushi

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DNA Analysis Suggests Whale Meat from Sushi Restaurants in L.A., Seoul Originated from Japan

In CategoryFood and More
ByRuss Bianchi

Japan remains the worst violator and plunders in ocean fisheries of the world.  Whaling is unethical and unnecessary.  Anyone caught doing this should have their boat sunk on the spot.

~ Uncle Russ

ScienceDaily (Apr. 14, 2010) — An international team of Oregon State University scientists, documentary filmmakers and environmental advocates has uncovered an apparent illegal trade in whalemeat, linking whales killed in Japan’s controversial scientific whaling program to sushi restaurants in Seoul, South Korea, and Los Angeles, Calif.

DNA Analysis Suggests Whale Meat from Sushi Restaurants in L.A., Seoul Originated from Japan

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Mad cow disease prions capable of evolution, even without DNA

In CategoryFood and More
ByRuss Bianchi

Avoid beef gelatin based products.

~ Uncle Russ

Monday, March 01, 2010 by: Ethan A. Huff, staff writer

(NaturalNews) The Scripps Research Institute has published a study in the journal Science alleging that prions, lifeless protein particles that are believed to cause serious brain diseases, are able to mutate and develop resistance to drugs in the same way that bacteria and other living things do.

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Mad cow disease prions capable of evolution, even without DNA

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