Re: glycation and ageing

From: Technotranscendence (neptune@mars.superlink.net)
Date: Fri Dec 22 2000 - 19:53:26 MST


On Friday, December 22, 2000 1:26 PM mez mez@mezziah.org wrote:
> I don't recall seeing any comments over the summer on this article from
> Scientific American claiming that a new drug (ALT-711) can restore
> elasticity to ageing tissue, thus improving cardiac function (demonstrated
> in mammals) and possibly providing other benefits as well.
>
> Any comments?
>
> http://www.sciam.com/2000/0700issue/0700scicit2.html

I read the article, but think carnosine looks like the better chemical agent
in this area.

See http://www.lef.org for more on carnosine.

Cheers!

Daniel Ust
http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/

My "Rand the Libertarian," published in the current issue of _The Thought_,
is now up viewable on the web at:
http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/RandLib.html



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