Month: August 2020

Aug 11 2020

2020, Anti-Aging, Best Sunscreens, Clear & Brilliant Laser, Melasma

When should you ask for a refund?

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This is an important question.  But maybe even more important is …how do you ask for a refund.  This is a tough skill to learn even for some seasoned negotiators...

Aug 11 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

30% to 40% of Dementia Might be Avoided via Lifestyle Choices

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Today’s open access research materials present a statistical exercise that uses broad epidemiological data to determine the impact of individual lifestyle choices and environmental factors to the incidence of dementia....

Aug 11 2020

Daily News

IGF-1R Inhibition Reduces Neuroinflammation in an Alzheimer’s Mouse Model

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Chronic inflammation in brain tissue is an important component of the progression of neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease. It is important enough that some researchers propose inflammation resulting from...

Aug 11 2020

Daily News

Arguing for DNA Methylation Changes to be a Contributing Cause of Aging

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Contributing mechanisms of aging form an interconnected network of cause and consequence. For most such mechanisms there is considerable debate over relative importance to the manifestations of aging, as well...

Aug 10 2020

Newsletters

Fight Aging! Newsletter, August 10th 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....

Aug 08 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

Short Term Cdc42 Inhibition In Middle Aged Mice Extends Median and Maximum Life Span

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An interesting study of mouse life span extension via a novel methodology was recently published. The researchers developed a small molecule approach to inhibition of Cdc42, a protein with numerous...

Aug 08 2020

Daily News

Accelerated Osteoporosis in Mitochondrial Mutator Mice

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Mitochondria are the power plants of the cell, the evolved descendants of ancient symbiotic bacteria. They generate the chemical energy store molecules needed to power cellular processes. The herd of...

Aug 08 2020

Daily News

Too Much Mitochondrial Fission in the Aging Germline Stem Cells of Flies

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Mitochondria are bacteria-like organelles responsible for producing chemical energy store molecules to power cellular processes. Hundreds of them exist in every cell, constantly undergoing fusion and fission, swapping component parts...

Aug 07 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

Delivery of BDNF Reverses Inflammatory Microglial Activation in Old Mice

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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) shows up in many aspects of the interaction between health practices, mechanisms of aging, and mechanisms of neurodegeneration. Most research is focused on the effects of...

Aug 07 2020

Daily News

An Update on Single Issue Political Advocacy for Longevity in Europe

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In most European countries, electoral rules are such that it is possible to conduct effective advocacy for a cause via a single issue political party. Successful examples include the Green...