User:Caston/BlogEntry: 2011 March 19 22:48:46 UTC

Animations
I have just noticed something very interesting:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ProxyChemist



This is just a simple GIF animation of a molecule. I would love to have something similar on Rejuvepedia for many of the diagrams of things such as proteins, cells, organs and possibly even showing an organ go through rejuvenation. e.g. we could show a aged face become a young face. I hope it will create more interest in the wiki but I should be careful not to overdo it because it could become distracting.

DNA repair
An article was posted today about RNA repair.

"In the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Bambara and colleagues report that a process called acetylation regulates the maintenance of our DNA. The team has discovered that acetylation determines the degree of fidelity of both DNA replication and repair."

Scientists find a key to maintaining our DNA http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-03-scientists-key-dna.html

This is very good and interesting news. One of the possible enablers of human rejuvenation is very good DNA repair and any decline in DNA maintenance needs to be reversed just as much as any decline in protein maintenance.

Peptaibols
Good fungi might prove even better for plant, human health

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-03-good-fungi-human-health.html

This is an interesting article because it looks like there are certain fungi that protect plants by killing off other fungi and actually seem to help them in other ways. They seem to do this by producing short chain amino acids called Peptaibols.

The article says they may even help protect humans against viruses, bacteria and other pathogens.