Why do we age? This question has baffled scientists for 150 years and remains unresolved. Scientists disagree over even the general nature of aging. Is aging the result of fundamental limitations that apply to all living things, do we age because our bodies do not try harder not to age, or are organisms designed by nature or " programmed " to age because a limited life span conveys some evoluti...

Physiological Genomics PG-00063-2015 R1 2 3 4 Historical perspective: Gut dysbiosis and hypertension 5 6 7 John William Honour PhD 8 Honorary Senior Research Associate 9 Institute for Women's Health 10 University College London 11 Huntley ST 12 London WC1E 6AU 13 UK 14 15 Running head : Gut dysbiosis and hypertension 16 17 Word count: Text 1795 words, 2956 inc refs ; 1 Figure 18 19 Reprint requ...

An honorary member and the former president of the Japanese Society for Toxicologic Pathology, Doctor Tomoyuki Shirai, suddenly passed away from acute aortic dissection on November 19, 2015. For me, it is still difficult to find ways to manage my grief for his sudden and too early death with his seventieth birthday close at hand. On that day, Doctor Shirai attended the 46th International Sympos...