Month: October 2020

Oct 22 2020

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Diagnosing Parkinson’s disease with skin samples could lead to earlier detection

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New research shows a simple skin test can accurately identify Parkinson’s disease, which could lead to earlier detection of the disease and better outcomes for patients. Currently, Parkinson’s disease is...

Oct 22 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

BMP6 as a Target for Pro-Angiogenic Therapies

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Today’s research materials are focused on the fine details of angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels, and point to BMP6 as a potential target to increase or diminish that...

Oct 22 2020

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miR-195 Promotes Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity by Suppressing TSP1 Activity

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The blood-brain barrier consists of specialized cells that line central nervous system blood vessels, allowing only certain cells and molecules to pass to and from the brain. This barrier becomes...

Oct 22 2020

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Chromatin Changes in the Aging of Stem Cells

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Chromatin is the name given to the packed structure of nuclear DNA and surrounding molecules, tightly coiled in the center of the cell. Chromatin structure and the molecules responsible for...

Oct 21 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease as the Marker of a Lifestyle that Shortens Life Span

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If you are overweight, then you will suffer a faster pace of aging, more age-related disease, greater lifetime medical costs, and an earlier death. The more excess weight and the...

Oct 21 2020

Daily News

Myokines Mediate the Effects of Exercise on Health

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Mapping mammalian biochemistry is a sizable task, and much of that biochemistry remains poorly understood and categorized. Cell signaling is a vast topic in and of itself. Here researchers discuss...

Oct 21 2020

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Phosphate as an Agent of Accelerated Aging

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Here find an interesting viewpoint on the role of phosphate in mammalian biochemistry, suggesting that it tilts the playing field in the direction of faster degenerative aging. This emerges from...

Oct 20 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

Interventions Targeting the Aging of the Gut Microbiome

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Age-related changes to the microbial populations of the gut, the gut microbiome, appear important in the progression of aging. The effects on long-term health and risk of age-related conditions might...

Oct 20 2020

Daily News

Molecules Leaking from Damaged Muscle Fibers can Activate Muscle Stem Cells

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Declining muscle stem cell function appears likely to be the most important contributing cause of sarcopenia, the characteristic loss of muscle mass and strength with age. Studies of the stem...

Oct 20 2020

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Targeting NAD+ Metabolism for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease

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Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) is important to mitochondrial function, the supply of chemical energy store molecules to power cellular processes, and thus to cell and tissue function. Levels of NAD+...