58. Alzheimer’s Part 3
Alzheimer’s Disease – A New Hypothesis Alzheimer’s disease is primarily an affliction of the elderly. Its incidence doubles for every half decade after age 65. Beginning with mild cognitive impairment,…
59. Epigenetics and Aging
Epigenetics and Aging New acquaintances would often ask what I did for a living before I retired. I would have to confess that in my former life I was a…
60. Cancer and Aging – All Isn’t Necessarily Well that Ends Well
The subject of my last posting was the epigenetic clock. This one is about another biological mechanism for keeping time.Way back in November 2018, I posted a short note (#43)…
61. Coronaviruses – Molecular Biology
Coronaviruses In light of the current outbreak, I thought that I would share some of what I’ve learned about the molecular biology of the coronarviruses in general and the Covid-19 virus…
62. Coronavirus Thoughts
It’s instructive to see how countries around the globe are handling the current pandemic – and to compare how we’re doing in the United States to how other nations are…
63. More Thoughts on the Corona Virus Pandemic
It’s been two months since my last confession — posting. Since that time the number of deaths in the United States from the virus has risen from about 18,000 to…
64. Covid19 Deaths
I’m afraid. Not about the present political situation (although that’s pretty scary too). I’m frightened because of a graph that is updated daily on this site from the Covid Tracking…
65. Covid-19 Vaccines
A brief post on vaccines designed to fight the current pandemic… Vaccines have been used for more than two centuries to protect people from disease. All vaccines are designed to…