How Do We Measure Successful Aging? SAGECrossroads.net to Hold Debate on Biomarkers of Aging WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers are moving forward in their search to uncover interventions that could slow or reverse the effects of aging. With the public hungry for results, there is great attention on how we will be able to test outcomes from these new discoveries and gauge our longevity. SAGECrossroads.net will host a debate tomorrow addressing whether a "gold standard" measure of aging can be found and whether the resources needed for the search are a worthwhile investment. Scheduled to appear are Dr. David E. Harrison, Senior Staff Scientist at the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine and Roderick Bronson, Pathologist for the Rodent Histopathology Core at the Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center. Morton Kondracke, chairman of the SAGE Crossroads editorial board, will moderate the panel. Dr. David E. Harrison earned his B.S. in Chemistry from Bates College, Lewiston, ME, and his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from Stanford University. He sits as an evaluator for the National Institute of Aging (NIA) Review Committee and is a member of the AFAR National Scientific Advisory Council. He has directed much of his research towards studies of the mechanisms of mammalian aging. His past studies have focused on stem cell differentiation, mapping genes that regulate stem cell aging, and locating genes that retard aging in mice. He is currently conducting research on interventions and their effects on aging. Roderick Bronson is a graduate of UC Berkeley and the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. He has studied diseases of monkeys at the New England Primate Center, as well as the pathology of aging mice and rats. He has also spent some time at MIT studying cancer in mice with mutations in tumor suppressor genes. He joined the faculty at the Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine in 1981, and has been there ever since. What: Biomarkers of Aging: Do They Hold the Key in the Search for the Fountain of Youth? When: October 28, 2003, 10am EST Where: George Washington University, Cafritz Center, Morris Room If you are interested in attending this interactive interview in person, please RSVP to Amber McCracken at 202-293-2856 or . To view the interview via the Web, log on to http://www.sagecrossroads.net/ to register. SAGE Crossroads is the premier online forum for emerging issues of human aging. Launched in March 2003 by the publishers of Science Magazine and the Alliance for Aging Research, SAGE Crossroads provides policymakers, journalists and interested consumers with the opportunity to explore the impact of science and technology on aging. Founded in 1986, the Alliance for Aging Research is a nonprofit, independent organization dedicated to supporting and accelerating the pace of medical discoveries to vastly improve the universal human experience of aging. DATASOURCE: Alliance for Aging Research CONTACT: Amber McCracken of the Alliance for Aging Research, +1-202-293-2856 Web site: http://www.sagecrossroads.net/ http://www.agingresearch.org/

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