Author: Consultant

Oct 14 2020

Daily News

Loss of Sense of Smell as an Early Biomarker for Brain Aging

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Alzheimer’s disease begins in the olfactory bulb, with evidence suggesting that this is related to failing drainage of cerebrospinal fluid from that part of the brain. It has been noted...

Oct 14 2020

Daily News

A Healthy Lifestyle Correlates with Increased Life Span Even in People with Multiple Age-Related Conditions

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This assessment of epidemiological data shows that the gain in life expectancy that accompanies a healthy lifestyle is much the same whether or not an individual suffers from multiple age-related...

Oct 14 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

G3BP1 is Required for the Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype

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The senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP) is how senescent cells cause long-term harm. It is also how senescent cells produce short-term benefits. SASP is the name given to the mix of...

Oct 14 2020

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New insight on mole growth could aid development of skin cancer treatments

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Moles stop growing when they reach a certain size due to normal interactions between cells, despite having cancer-associated gene mutations, says a new study.

Oct 14 2020

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Technique to recover lost single-cell RNA-sequencing information

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Researchers have greatly boosted the amount of information that can be obtained using Seq-Well, a technique for rapidly sequencing RNA from single cells. This advance should enable scientists to learn...

Oct 14 2020

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Bacterial toxin with healing effect

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A bacterial toxin promoting tissue healing has been discovered. The compound, found in Staphylococcus aureus, does not just damage cells, but also stimulates tissue regeneration.

Oct 13 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

Towards Harnessing Growth to Create Rejuvenation

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A recent pair of open access papers offer an interesting viewpoint on embryonic development, aging, cancer, and possible approaches to rejuvenation in this era of biotechnology. I’m not sure that...

Oct 13 2020

Daily News

To What Degree do Bodily Microbiomes Beyond the Gut Contribute to the Chronic Inflammation of Aging?

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Most research on the microbial life of the body in the context of aging is focused on the gut microbiome, though a fair amount of investigation of oral microbial populations...

Oct 13 2020

Daily News

Attempting to Make Periodontal Stem Cells More Active in the Inflammatory Conditions of Periodontitis

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The state of chronic, unresolved inflammation in the diseased gums of periodontitis drives loss of bone and tissue. This occurs in part due to suppression of the activity of stem...

Oct 12 2020

Newsletters

Fight Aging! Newsletter, October 12th 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....