Month: May 2020

May 20 2020

Daily News

The Moonshot Venture Fellowship at Apollo Ventures

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One of the more productive strategies undertaken by advocates and venture firms in the longevity industry is to put effort into the creation of companies, rather than waiting for companies...

May 19 2020

2020, Anti-Aging, Melasma, Sun Damage

Melasma, Sun Damage and Cool Hats and Clothing.

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It’s peak UVA time in the northern hemisphere again.  That’s when melasma especially, and pigment in general get worse! What you can do to help your melasma and pigment problems:...

May 19 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

Follistatin Gene Therapy Doubles Muscle Mass in Mice

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Follistatin is an inhibitor of myostatin. Blocking myostatin activity enhances muscle growth, with accompanying beneficial side-effects such as a loss of excess fat tissue. This is well proven. There are...

May 19 2020

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Mechanisms of Calorie Restriction and Intermittent Fasting

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This open access paper provides a good high-level overview of what is known of the molecular mechanisms underpinning the beneficial response to calorie restriction and intermittent fasting. In short-lived species,...

May 19 2020

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Lin28 as a Target for Nerve Regeneration

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Researchers here show that the gene Lin28 regulates axon regrowth. In mice, raised levels of Lin28 produce greater regeneration of nerve injuries. Past research has investigated Lin28 from the standpoint...

May 18 2020

Newsletters

Fight Aging! Newsletter, May 18th 2020

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Fight Aging! publishes news and commentary relevant to the goal of ending all age-related disease, to be achieved by bringing the mechanisms of aging under the control of modern medicine....

May 16 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

On Nutraceutical Senolytics

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Nutraceuticals are compounds derived from foods, usually plants. In principle one can find useful therapies in the natural world, taking the approach of identifying interesting molecules and refining them to...

May 16 2020

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Alk Inhibitors to Slow Aging

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A number of receptor tyrosine kinases are implicated in areas of metabolism known to influence the pace of aging in short-lived laboratory species. Researchers here investigate Alk, a receptor tyrosine...

May 16 2020

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Early Life Epigenetic Changes can Set the Stage for Later Life Metabolic Dysfunction

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Epigenetic markers on DNA determine the pace and timing of protein production, and are thus one of the important influences on cell and tissue function. Cells adjust their epigenetic programs...

May 15 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

Transplanting Gut Microbes from Old Rats to Young Rats Produces Inflammation and Cognitive Decline

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Today’s open access paper is interesting on two counts. Firstly as one of a number of studies in recent years examining the effects of age-related changes in the gut microbiome...