How to live?

How to live without BRCA1

C ancer cells are resourceful survivors with plenty of tricks for staying alive. Grotsky et al. uncover one of these stratagems, showing how cells lacking the tumor suppressor BRCA1 resume one form of DNA repair, sparing themselves from stagnation or death (1). BRCA1 helps to mend double-strand DNA breaks by promoting homologous recombination (2). Loss of the BRCA1 protein appears to boost abno...

How to Live 100 Years

It is universally agreed, that custom, in time, becomes a second nature, forcing men to use that, whether good or bad, to which they have been habituated; in fact, we see habit, in many instances, gain the ascendancy over reason. This is so undeniably true, that virtuous men, by keeping company with wicked, often fall into the same vicious course of life. Seeing and considering all this, I have...

Disabilities and How to Live with Them

How long can we expect to live?

Female Most developed world regions. Both sexes Least developed countries. Both sexes 1950 50.7 53.4 66.5 35.5 1955 53.9 56.8 68.5 37.7 1960 56.9 60.0 69.8 39.6 1965 59.5 62.7 70.5 41.8 1970 61.4 65.0 71.2 43.6 1975 62.9 66.8 72.2 45.2 1980 64.4 68.5 73.0 47.1 1985 65.7 70.1 74.0 49.3 1990 66.4 70.8 74.2 49.7 1995 67.0 71.4 74.9 52.6 Source: World Population Prospects: The 1996 Revision. United...

How to live forever: lessons of history.