Month: July 2020

Jul 07 2020

Daily News

A2B Receptor Upregulation in Mice Increases Muscle Mass, Diminishes Fat Mass

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Researchers here report on an interesting discovery: upregulation of a single protein, A2B receptor, adjusts metabolism in mice in the direction of more muscle mass and less fat mass. This...

Jul 06 2020

Newsletters

Fight Aging! Newsletter, July 6th 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....

Jul 04 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

Far Too Little Consideration is Given to the Failure of the Immune System in the Old

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There is no situation so terrible that it will not be silently accepted as set in stone, only given that it has lasted for long enough to become routine. So...

Jul 04 2020

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More Evidence Linking Particulate Air Pollution to Increased Mortality in the Old

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The present consensus on how particulate air pollution (such as wood smoke from cooking fires, still commonplace in much of the world) causes an acceleration of age-related disease and mortality...

Jul 04 2020

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Neurodegeneration is a Blend of Damage and Symptoms, Not Nice Neat Categories of Disease and Mechanism

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The common neurodegenerative conditions are associated with various different forms of protein aggregation; a few proteins in the body have toxic alternative forms that can spread and cause harm to...

Jul 03 2020

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In mouse study, black raspberries show promise for reducing skin inflammation

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In a study done with mice, researchers found that a diet high in black raspberries reduced inflammation from contact hypersensitivity — a condition that causes redness and inflammation in the...

Jul 03 2020

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Study supports link between COVID-19 and ‘COVID Toes’

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A new study provides evidence supporting a link between ‘COVID toes’ — red sores or lesions on the feet and hands in children and young adults — and COVID-19.

Jul 03 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

Autophagy in Cardiovascular Aging is a Complicated Matter

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Cell and tissue biology always turns out to be more complicated than we would all prefer. Present understanding is rarely complete to the point at which all obstacles are known....

Jul 03 2020

Daily News

Obesity Correlates with Higher Dementia Risk

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Excess visceral fat tissue generates chronic inflammation via a range of mechanisms, including an accelerated creation of senescent cells. Most of the commmon age-related conditions have an inflammatory component, and...

Jul 03 2020

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PTB Inhibition Converts Astrocytes into Neurons, Reverses Symptoms in a Mouse Model of Parkinson’s Disease

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Researchers here expand upon a fortuitous discovery that inhibition of the gene PTB causes a number of cell types to change into neurons, using this finding as the basis for...