Could the growing number of centenarians be evidence that human longevity has no upper limit? In recent years, some scientists have proposed that at...
Category - GLYCATION
When science defies time.
Longevity medicine: between hope and skepticism. The science of aging is advancing rapidly. In ten years, scientific publications devoted to...
Schizophrenia and longevity.
The impact of glycation on social behaviour. Schizophrenia is a fairly common disabling psychiatric illness affecting around 1% of the population...
Combustion and caramelisation, two accelerators of aging.
Exposure to dioxins, toxic molecules produced by combustion, has a synergistic effect with glycation in accelerating aging. Dioxins are highly toxic...
Metabolic syndrome: the insidious pandemic!
Metabolic syndrome is a set of risk factors for accelerated aging and age-related diseases. Its rapid and boundless spread heralds a global health...
Aging: sport, neither too much nor too little.
Intense physical exercise such as competitive sport can temporarily causes a rise in blood sugar levels, which in turn promotes glycation, which is...