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Hairless tunnel diggers are teaching scientists a thing or two about aging (December 24, 2006, Cindy Tumiel, San Antonio Express-News)
With virtually hairless bodies, pink wrinkled skin and buckteeth worse than Bugs Bunny, naked mole-rats hardly are contenders for America's next top model. But if people were more like naked mole-rats, well, we all probably would live longer......more>>

Heart cells in aged mice contain many more random gene-expression combinations than same cells in young mice (June 2006)
As we age, our bodies increasingly lose the ability to repair errors that occur in our genetic blueprint, DNA. The errors result in badly formed proteins that perform jobs improperly, resulting in dysfunction that snowballs into conditions such as cancer.....more>>

In race to understand diabetes, this protein may be the APPL of our eyes (May 2006).
Dr. Lily Dong, the lead author, says studies in humans have revealed that decreased levels of adiponectin are a good predictor for the development of type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease.....more>>

UTHSC research looks to early disease testing (March 7, 2006, San Antonio Express-News)
San Antonio scientists have found a way to observe proteins behaving badly, a technique they say could someday lead to diagnostic tests for neurological disorders such as Lou Gehrig's, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. . .more>>

Scientist who leads studies of aging receives prestigious NIH award (September 27, 2005)
Arlan G. Richardson, Ph.D., director of the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies at the Health Science Center, was selected to receive a MERIT Award.....more>>

Van Remmen voted president-elect of national aging research group (June 21, 2005)
Holly Van Remmen, Ph.D., assistant professor of cellular and structural biology at the Health Science Center, was named president-elect of the American Aging Association.....more>>

Dr. Herman receives extraordinary second MERIT award (March 29, 2005)
Noted scientist and researcher Brian Herman, Ph.D., vice president for research, received a second National Institutes of Health MERIT award from the National Institute of Aging.....more>>