Free Radicals and Aging Dr. Fredrick Sampson explains that in aging, every organ, every tissue and every cell is changed in some way. He distinguishes between average life span, age-associated diseases and the aging process itself and explains that length of the life span depends on many different types of lethal events.
How to Fix an Eye Ivar Kljavin and Andrew Cuthbertson discuss some of the things that can go wrong with an eye and share recent developments on present and future treatments.
Emerging Diseases Dr. Donald P. Francis discusses his study of emerging diseases including A.I.D.S.
Allergies Drs. Paula M. Jardieu, Robert Shields and Gerald Nakamura tell us what happens between the time an allergen enters our bodies until we experience allergic symptoms. Understanding this complex pathway is essential for the development of effective treatment to relieve or prevent symptoms.
Leeches Drs. Bob Lazarus and Kevin Judice share how understanding mosquitos and leeches can lead to treatments for conditions which involve blood clotting (or not clotting).
Aging and Cancer: Are Telomeres and Telomerase the Connection? Dr. Jerry W. Shay's goal has been to understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms of normal aging with the hope that such knowledge could ultimately increase human healthspan if not necessarily lifespan.
