We have just released LigerCat v. 2.1 – with new features and faster search. LigerCat it is a tool that allows you to search PubMed using words or even a DNA/protein sequence. The articles retrieved are processed to create a tag cloud showing an overview of important concepts and trends. The Medical Subject Headings or [...]

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Longevity and the process of aging are topics of perennial human interest as expressed by explorers like Alexander the Great and Juan Ponce de Leon searching for a river or spring to heal or reverse the process of aging or by modern scientists studying biology of aging.  Just a short walk across the MBL campus [...]

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The LigerCat-generated MeSH cloud for polar bear shown above is just one of the over 50,000 species specific clouds now displayed at the Encyclopedia of Life. If a species has been mentioned in the abstract or title of an article indexed by Medline, LigerCat – a PubMed exploration tool – is able to create a [...]

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A study, published in the Sept. 16th issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reports an association between genetic variation of the human homologue of DAF-16, FOXO3, to human longevity. Bradley J. Willcox and colleagues chose several genes in the human insulin/IGF-1 signaling pathway and studied the genetic variance among Japanese American [...]

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Welcome to the Biology of Aging blog. We created this blog to foster communication between the BoA research team and the BoA users. Please comment on posts and pages here or email the research team.
Our goal in creating the Biology of Aging portal (BoA) is to provide aging and lifespan information for all species. So [...]

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