Cover Story: Anti-Ageing

• Ageing and Disease: From Darwinian Medicine to Antioxidants?
  Humans evolved so that they could store food and resist disease, not to grow old.

• Anti-Ageing Medicine: Beyond the Next Generation
  Anti-ageing medicine challenges the mindset that old age is a disease-based condition.

• Slowing Down Ageing from Within
  Mild but repeated stress stimulates survival mechanisms and slows down ageing.

• Coaxing Cells to Lose Heat - and Size
  Want to stay lean?
  Look no further than the Cidea gene.

• Maintain Body Weight and Live Longer
  Bariatric medicine may hold the answer to losing weight and keeping it off.

• Hormone Replacement for Women and Men
  The latest research findings in hormone therapy treatment for women and men.

• The Smell of Hope for the Future?
  Hydrogen sulphide, famous for its rotten-egg smell, could be a medical miracle.

• Growing a New Pancreas
  A transplant expert looks at different approaches to coaxing donated pancreatic tissue to work in diabetics.

• Growing Hair with Stem Cells
  Hair-follicle stem cells give hope to those with hair loss to regain their crowning glory.

• Blood Stem Cells Treatment for Cancer Victims
  Transplanting stem cells has proved successful in treating leukaemia; clinical trials for other cancers are under way.

• Hyperactive Androgen Receptor Increases Prostate Cancer Risk

• Cell-Based Therapy for Damaged Cartilage

• Coping with Old Age the Asian Way
  How do different cultures cope with issues of ageing?

Neurodegeneration

• Stem Cell Promise for Parkinson’s Disease

• Modern Management of Neurodegenerative Diseases

• Insights into the Mechanisms of Alzheimer’s Disease

• Repairing the Damaged Nervous System
  

• Personalising Dementia Treatment

• Preventing Neurodegeneration

Features

• The Pill and Other Technological Sexual Liberators
  The inventor of the Pill talks about the impact of new technology on procreation and how he brings science to the masses in the guise of plays.

• Patent Mapping: Technology in Patents.
  Patent maps can provide visual help in strategising the charting of technological development and long-term planning.

• Interacting in a Virtual World.
  Real-time virtual interaction, in which users immerse themselves in realistic environments complete with sight and sound, is no longer fantasy.

• How to Grow a Small Innovation into a Big Idea.
  What does it take to grow a company of 12 employees into one with 5,500 staff members worldwide and a revenue base of US$1.2 billion?

Departments

• Editorial
  Extending the quality of life.

• In Brief
  Innovative highlights in various fields.

• Industry Updates
  Significant industry developments.

Spotlight

• Shining Light on Emotion and Disease
  An expert talks about her discoveries on the mechanisms and the molecular bases of brain–immune-system communication.

Viewpoint

• Lessons for a Rapidly Ageing Society
  Singapore is the fastest-ageing country in Asia. Studies attribute the trend to the decline in fertility rates and healthcare improvements that have extended life expectancy.

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