Apply for Life

We are mom and dad, who in addition to being parents, do research on healthy lifestyle and cancer. We would like to achieve a healthy, balanced and meaningful life. In our pursuit, we sift the healthy from the unhealthy, the simple from the complicated advice. The blog also includes random musings on topics other than health and parenting. Send us a message at applyforlife@gmail.com, mikelifesteer@gmail.com or through the contact form in the sidebar.

Sunday, September 30, 2018

My retreat in an ocean of daily grind

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Considering the longest lived members of my family, I have maximum of 30 years more to live. In three decades, I will be a pile of b...
Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Determinants Of The Microbiome

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Environmental effects are more important than genetic for determining the microbiome, strongly suggesting the malleability of the microbio...
Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Multiple Myeloma Treatment Options

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Treatment options for relapsing/progressing multiple myeloma ; abstract: Despite enormous advances, management of multiple myeloma (MM...
Sunday, September 23, 2018

Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy Biomarkers

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Immune checkpoints dampen the immune system’s ability to detect and fight cancer; thus, inhibits of such checkpoints, usually antibodies to...

CDK8 Inhibitors And Cancer

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CDK8 seems to have dual functions with respect to cancer, and investigating these roles, for potential therapeutic applications, will requi...
Friday, September 21, 2018

More On CRISPR

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Using new methodologies to optimize the CRISPR system .  Abstract: CRISPR-Cas systems offer versatile technologies for genome engineer...
Thursday, September 20, 2018

Liver Cancer, Males Vs. Females, And ZebraFish

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At left, adult female zebrafish. By Azul (Own work) [Copyrighted free use], via Wikimedia Commons Liver cancer is more prevalent in m...
Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Epigenetics And Stomach (Gastric) Cancer

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The importance of epigenetic changes is underscored by its relationship to progression to gastric cancer, observed in a 10-year study.  Ab...
Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Potential Parkinson’s Therapeutic Agent

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See this.   Abstract: Activation of microglia by classical inflammatory mediators can convert astrocytes into a neurotoxic A1 phenotyp...
Monday, September 10, 2018

Screening For Factors Influencing Neurodegenerative Diseases

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Screening for factors influencing neurodegenerative diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia, shows the ...
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