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OT: HIF-1 involved with aging.

Check out this link:
http://hms.harvard.edu/news/genetics/new-reversible-cause-aging-12-19-13


"A New—and Reversible—Cause of Aging

A naturally produced compound rewinds aspects of age-related demise in mice"

By DAVID CAMERON
December 19, 2013
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"One particularly important aspect of this finding involves HIF-1. More than just an intrusive molecule that foils communication, HIF-1 normally switches on when the body is deprived of oxygen. Otherwise, it remains silent. Cancer, however, is known to activate and hijack HIF-1. Researchers have been investigating the precise role HIF-1 plays in cancer growth.

“It’s certainly significant to find that a molecule that switches on in many cancers also switches on during aging,” said Gomes. “We're starting to see now that the physiology of cancer is in certain ways similar to the physiology of aging. Perhaps this can explain why the greatest risk of cancer is age.”"



Could daily low dose Panzem, a HIF-1 inhibitor, slow or even reverse aging. That would be something.

Aaron