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What exactly is stopping people from re-growing entire limbs - it seems like we should be able to in good health ...
View: https://medium.com/a-microbiome-scientist-at-large/why-cant-we-regrow-limbs-32ba3c42e245
Soon after the wound has been sealed by a blood clot, however, salamanders...
As most of my readers know, cortisol is a highly catabolic steroid and one of the main agents (estrogen being another) responsible for thymus atrophy with age. These catabolic effects of cortisol can be blocked by progesterone, DHEA, pregnenolone, and even DHT (but not by testosterone). The...
Another great example of "synchronicity" (Synchronicity - Wikipedia) happened today. Two separate but related studies, with similar organisms, popped up today in my mailbox. One of them (at UCDavis) shows that the redox status in favor of oxidation, and thus high reactive oxygen species (ROS)...
Action of topical thyroid hormone analogue, triiodothyroacetic acid in reversing glucocorticoid-induced skin atrophy in humans. - PubMed - NCBI
Abstract
The present study concerns the effect of topical treatment with a cream formulation of triiodothyroacetic acid (TRIAC) in comparison with a...
https://www.omicsonline.com/open-access/pentoxifylline-explores-new-horizons-in-treatment-of-hashimoto-thyroiditis-0974-8369-1000293.php?aid=70469
Abstract
Hashimoto Thyroiditis is an autoimmune disease and the most common cause of hypothyroidism in developed countries. As the disease initiates...
Sex differences in the effectiveness of treadmill training in enhancing axon regeneration in injured peripheral nerves. - PubMed - NCBI
Exercise in the form of daily treadmill training results in significant enhancement of axon regeneration following peripheral nerve injury. Because androgens...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1521922
Abstract
The thymus can be regenerated in aging rats by surgical or chemical castration and regeneration is inhibited by testosterone, which may exert this effect, at least in part, through its conversion to estradiol. An attempt has been made to...