You’re looking at an 80-year-old man born in 1945, on the day Auschwitz was liberated. Realizing how old I am is often a shock. It’s difficult to come to terms with this. For most of my life, I saw myself as the youngest person in the room—even when that was no longer true. I still … Continue reading
Category Archives: Genetics
My Final Colonoscopy
I am intensely interested in longevity science, and my interest has increased as I age. This January, I turn 80. Aging is like climbing a mountain. Eventually, you will reach the top. It was a lot of work getting there. The view is lovely, but there is only one path ahead, and that is down. … Continue reading
Redefining Age
Until recently, age was determined by the date you were born, called chronological age. If you were born in 1950 and it is now 2023, you are 73 years old. It was not always this way; before the calendar came about some 5,000 years ago, no one knew your exact age. Even now, there are … Continue reading
I am Age Fluid
Age is just a number We all have a chronological age based on the day we were born. It tells us how long we have been alive, which is essential information. For instance, I was born in January 1945 during WWII. I remember such things as President Eisenhower, the Cold War (duck and cover), the … Continue reading
Our cousins the Neanderthals
I just listened to a really interesting Podcast from Scientific America. It was about the Neanderthals. It was fascinating to me. I guess we have learned so much about the people in the last few years do to our ability to sequence their genes which was done just last year. We now know that the … Continue reading
To be or not to be
Just read another interesting article on personal genetics (here). I think we will learn so much in this field over the next twenty years. Some of it may be really surprising. Readers of my blog will know that I have been very active in doing my family history (Geneology). I have just started to add … Continue reading
Two Thirds Done 