How Do We Measure Successful Aging?
October 27 2003 - 11:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
How Do We Measure Successful Aging? SAGECrossroads.net to Hold
Debate on Biomarkers of Aging WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ --
Researchers are moving forward in their search to uncover
interventions that could slow or reverse the effects of aging. With
the public hungry for results, there is great attention on how we
will be able to test outcomes from these new discoveries and gauge
our longevity. SAGECrossroads.net will host a debate tomorrow
addressing whether a "gold standard" measure of aging can be found
and whether the resources needed for the search are a worthwhile
investment. Scheduled to appear are Dr. David E. Harrison, Senior
Staff Scientist at the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine and
Roderick Bronson, Pathologist for the Rodent Histopathology Core at
the Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center. Morton Kondracke, chairman
of the SAGE Crossroads editorial board, will moderate the panel.
Dr. David E. Harrison earned his B.S. in Chemistry from Bates
College, Lewiston, ME, and his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from
Stanford University. He sits as an evaluator for the National
Institute of Aging (NIA) Review Committee and is a member of the
AFAR National Scientific Advisory Council. He has directed much of
his research towards studies of the mechanisms of mammalian aging.
His past studies have focused on stem cell differentiation, mapping
genes that regulate stem cell aging, and locating genes that retard
aging in mice. He is currently conducting research on interventions
and their effects on aging. Roderick Bronson is a graduate of UC
Berkeley and the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. He has
studied diseases of monkeys at the New England Primate Center, as
well as the pathology of aging mice and rats. He has also spent
some time at MIT studying cancer in mice with mutations in tumor
suppressor genes. He joined the faculty at the Tufts University
School of Veterinary Medicine in 1981, and has been there ever
since. What: Biomarkers of Aging: Do They Hold the Key in the
Search for the Fountain of Youth? When: October 28, 2003, 10am EST
Where: George Washington University, Cafritz Center, Morris Room If
you are interested in attending this interactive interview in
person, please RSVP to Amber McCracken at 202-293-2856 or . To view
the interview via the Web, log on to http://www.sagecrossroads.net/
to register. SAGE Crossroads is the premier online forum for
emerging issues of human aging. Launched in March 2003 by the
publishers of Science Magazine and the Alliance for Aging Research,
SAGE Crossroads provides policymakers, journalists and interested
consumers with the opportunity to explore the impact of science and
technology on aging. Founded in 1986, the Alliance for Aging
Research is a nonprofit, independent organization dedicated to
supporting and accelerating the pace of medical discoveries to
vastly improve the universal human experience of aging. DATASOURCE:
Alliance for Aging Research CONTACT: Amber McCracken of the
Alliance for Aging Research, +1-202-293-2856 Web site:
http://www.sagecrossroads.net/ http://www.agingresearch.org/
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