From ASU’s Online News Source – asuwebdevil – Rheyanne Weaver talks to us about John Schloendorn’s research, which currently fixates on macular degeneration.
Research defies aging effects
By: Rheyanne Weaver
Published On: Monday, January 26, 2009
A research team at the Institute is working with medical bioremediation, which deals with cleaning toxins from the body and fighting diseases with enzymes from bacteria in order to slow aging, said John Schloendorn, a molecular and cellular biology doctoral candidate who has worked on the project since November 2005.
“The whole agenda is to repair the damage that aging does to our bodies,” Schloendorn said. “The particular part is molecular junk accumulating in the body. That “molecular junk “needs to be removed from the body without destroying cells or the body. Some age-related problems that the research targets include Alzheimer’s disease, atherosclerosis, macular degeneration and diabetes.”
“I’ve been interested in healthful life extension for many years, and working in the lab was a great opportunity to finally contribute to longevity medicine,” Sherman said.
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