KINE 2P44 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Epigenetic Clock, Mucokinetics, Problem Gambling
15 Dec 2015
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Pekn 2p44 aging and health lecture #5. Noone could figure this out until january 29, 2015. Figuring out why antioxidants are actually making people sicker . N-acetylcysteine (nac: drug used to treat: acetaminophen overdose, mucolytic therapy [bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, etc], psychiatry [autism, bipolar, schizophrenia, gambling addiction, etc, also used as an antioxidant to treat different cancer types. Jan 29: antioxidants accelerate lung cancer progression in mice . Half of mice got nac, half got vitamin e. In both groups tumor size, number, and aggressiveness increased by 300% Antioxidants seem to help normal cells from damage but also protect cancer cells and their dna from damage. Focus so far has been on random aging problems with antioxidants are revealing problems with random aging theory. Some believe random events do not contribute enough to. Cell growth and decline are programmed into the dna for each.
