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Covid-19, Immune systems and Neanderthals.
Why are some groups of people, in families, in localities, from specific geographical areas, or races, more susceptible to Covid-19? This is a huge questions for health services to answer, as they see the disease concentrating in certain areas and … Continue reading
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Tagged BAME, Covid-19. Sars-CoV-2, DNA, Immune system, infections, lifestyle, Neanderthals
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Old Age part 4 – Losing it
– Dementia and its prevention Having decided that everlasting life is impractical, we can still use existing knowledge to improve our survival. But we want our extra years to be enjoyable, and that won’t be the case if our brains … Continue reading
Cheating Death
Ageing Most people do not want to talk about death and human life is held up to be absolutely sacrosanct; any death is a tragedy. There seems to be a taboo about admitting that we will all have to die … Continue reading
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Tagged Ageing, Calorie-restricted diet, Death, DNA, Telomeres
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How does our Neanderthal ancestry affect what diseases we get?
I have always been interested in anthropology, and especially the study of hunter/gatherers, particularly the first modern humans who first made their appearance in Africa during the Pleistocene 200,000 years ago, and then migrated out of Africa about 70,000 years … Continue reading
Elen Samuel, doctor and writer 