Do you remember when I reported back from an ILD Support Group meeting about telomeres? To help your memory, dear reader, see below:
http://livingwellwithabaddiagnosis.blogspot.com/2013/05/ild-support-group-meeting-telomeres.html
In the August 2013 Prevention Magazine, there is an article "Life-Lengthening Drugs in the Works." To quote the article:
David Sinclair, PhD, a Harvard-based Australian researcher, may have found the secret to slowing down the aging process, and new drugs that ward off age-related illnesses could be on the market within 5 years. Newly developed synthetic molecules activate SIRT1, an anti-aging enzyme that "acts as a traffic cop, directing other proteins to keep a cell healthy," says Dr. Sinclair. Targeted molecules are being developed to treat illnesses from Alzheimer's disease to type 2 diabetes.
What they apparently have found is a way to prop up the proteins on the ends of the telomeres. That would be huge.
In other news, we said goodbyes to our son yesterday after meeting him for lunch in the city. Traffic was crazy while trying to drive him back to his hotel so he ended up walking the final mile. They were flying out early this morning for the next concert in the Midwest. It was a real treat to spend so much time with him while he was on tour. Unusually rare treat.
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