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"Because Claude Monet (1840-1926), the French impressionist, painted the same landscape scenes over and over, one can perceive changes in his vision as he aged.  After developing cataracts in his 70’s, his paintings lost detail and had fewer violets, blues, and greens, as the colors we could see diminished.  He underwent cataract surgery at the age of 83, but never fully regained his color vision."

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Dr. Steven Austad, Interim Director of the Barshop Institute,  
writes bi-weekly column for the San Antonio Express-News

Read the Latest Column for Saturday, April 6, 2013 here:

I see that some professional baseball players are in trouble (again) for allegedly visiting a Florida “anti-aging” clinic to get dosed up with, among other things, human growth hormone or HGH. Did you ever wonder why they call it human growth hormone? Read more »

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Shelley NMRDr. Rochelle Buffenstein receives the 2012 Longevity Research Award from France’s Associations de Prévoyance Santé
in Paris, December 18

The APS honors researchers “in the new and original field of
physiology of ageing in long living animals”.

Pictured is Rochelle Buffenstein, PhD, Professor of Physiology, with a naked-mole rat from her colony.

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Mitochondria study yields surprising results on insulin,aging.This recently published Study points to promising new avenues of investigating the biology of aging and novel treatments for type-2 diabetes, as reported Dr. Deepa Sathyaseelan and mentor, Dr. Holly Van Remmen"

(Pictured L-R):
Deepa Sathyaseelan, PhD, Assistant Professor/Research with her mentor, Holly Van Remmen, PhD, Professor of Cellular & Structural Biology

Award Presentations to Recipients of the 2012

Joe H. Ward, Jr. and Bettie B. Ward Awards for Excellence in the

Study of the Biology of Aging

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Pictured are Mrs. Bettie Ward and her son, Brad Ward, with award recipients and their mentors.
(L to R): Mentor, Dr. Rochelle Buffenstein with Award Recipient, Dr. Yael Edrey; Mrs. Bettie Ward and her son, Brad Ward; Award Recipient, Dr. Robert Mishur with his mentor, Dr. Shane Rea; and Dr. Steven Austad, Interim Director of the Barshop Institute.
The Barshop Institute is dedicated to the promotion of healthy aging for everyone.  Its world-class scientific community of researchers and physicians seek discoveries to treat and ameliorate the underlying causes of aging, a cost-effective approach to broadly enhance the quality of later life. We invite you to explore our website to learn about the extraordinary work of our community of researchers and physicians.

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The Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies

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