Month: August 2020

Aug 22 2020

Daily News

Adenosine Signaling via the A1 Receptor Reverses Age-Related Decline in Neutrophil Function

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Neutrophils are an important component of the innate immune system, mounting a first response to infectious pathogens. An insufficient neutrophil response leads to a far more serious infection. Researchers here...

Aug 22 2020

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Adenosine Injected into Arthritic Joints Produces Cartilage Regrowth

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Researchers here provide evidence for injections of adenosine into damaged joint tissue to provoke meaningful degrees of cartilage regrowth in an animal model of degenerative joint disease. Finding ways to...

Aug 21 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

The Public Cannot Distinguish Between Scientific versus Unscientific, Likely Good versus Likely Bad Approaches to Longevity

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One of the challenges inherent in patient advocacy for greater human longevity, for more research into aging and rejuvenation, is that journalists and the public at large either cannot or...

Aug 21 2020

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Centenarians are Comparatively Resistant to Age-Related Disease

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Centenarians, people who survive to 100 years of age or more, are comparatively resistant to age-related disease. They are not in good shape in comparison to a much younger person,...

Aug 21 2020

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TREM2 Inhibition as a Potentially Broadly Effective Cancer Therapy

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It remains the case that far too much of the extensively funded work on cancer therapies is only relevant to a tiny subset of cancers. This is no way to...

Aug 20 2020

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New insights into how skin can regenerate after severe burns

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New research has made an exciting leap forward in understanding how skin heals, which could lead to drug treatments to vastly improve wound healing.

Aug 20 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

Immune System Aging as an Important Contributing Factor in the Progression of Many Age-Related Diseases

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The immune system influences the function of tissues throughout the body. Immune cells are involved in tissue maintenance and wound healing, in the necessary day to day clearance of senescent...

Aug 20 2020

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Considering the Use of DNA Methylation Clocks

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Assessment of biological age via patterns of DNA methylation is an active area of development. Methylation of CpG sites on the genome is a form of epigenetic mark that regulates...

Aug 20 2020

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Evaluating the Electrical Stimulation of Neurogenesis as a Regenerative Therapy in Rats

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Electromagnetic approaches to medical treatment are only lightly explored in comparison to pharmacology, but it is possible that some could turn out to be as effective as the results of...

Aug 19 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

Unity Biotechnology Fails Phase II Trial of Localized Senolytics for Knee Osteoarthritis

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UNITY Biotechnology is the largest of the handful of biotech startups working on senolytics, therapies capable of selectively destroying a sizable fraction of the senescent cells that accumulate in old...