June 2002 by the very few abstracts

Still without access and nothing here that would make them look hard for them elsewhere. Quite a light issue overall.

"Vitamin E and Age Alter Liver Mitochondrial Morphometry". Mice liver's mitochondria measured across different ages and vitamin E supplementation. Mitochondria smaller in vitamin E'd mice compared to controls in old mice. Also, as mice get older, their mitochondria elongate, also in vitamin E'd mice. I had no idea that mitochondria elongated with age.

"In Search of a Model Species for Aging Research: A Study of the Life Span of Tree Shrews". Using shrews for animal aging as a shortish-life (10-14 years) but evolutionary close animals (close compared to mice).

A review of de Grey's book "The mitochondrial free radical theory of aging".

The regular literature review column reviewing the original telomerase-gets-fibroblasts-to-replicate-and-not-look-senescent paper.

There was also a letter to the editor that I should read if I ever read Arking's paper on mortality plateau from last issue that looked interesting.