Author: Consultant

Aug 28 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

Aging as a Target is a New Therapeutic Frontier

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My attention was recently drawn to an open access commentary on the present early stage of the scientific initiative to treat aging as a medical condition. It was published earlier...

Aug 28 2020

Daily News

Increased Levels of Methylmalonic Acid May Raise the Risk of Metastasis in Older People

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The article here discusses the interesting possibility that comparatively simple differences in circulating factors may be at the root of the higher risk of cancer metastasis in older people. Metastasis...

Aug 28 2020

Daily News

Evidence for Klotho to Act on Life Span in Part via Resistance to Hypertension

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Klotho is a longevity-associated protein. More of it in mice extends life, less of it shortens life. In humans, a number of studies have shown klotho levels to correlate with...

Aug 27 2020

Uncategorized

Novel alkaline hydrogel advances skin wound care

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Effective wound care requires the maintenance of optimal conditions for skin and tissue regeneration. Hydrogels provide many of these conditions, but not an alkaline environment. Now, in a breakthrough study,...

Aug 27 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

Age-Related Downregulation of Rubicon Causes Excessive Autophagy in Adipocytes, Contributing to Metabolic Dysfunction

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Autophagy is a vital collection of cellular maintenance processes in which proteins and structures are broken down and recycled for their component parts. In short-lived laboratory species, dysfunctional autophagy shortens...

Aug 27 2020

Daily News

A Gene Therapy Approach to Clearing Persistent Herpesviruses

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Approaches that might effectively clear herpesviruses from the body are of considerable interest, as there is good evidence for the burden of persistent infection to have a meaningful impact on...

Aug 27 2020

Daily News

Cartilage Regrowth: Steering Microfracture to Provoke Regeneration of Fully Functional Cartilage

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Microfracture surgery is a poor approach to producing the regrowth of cartilage. It is a procedure that causes minor damage, and that damage in turn provokes a more extensive regeneration...

Aug 26 2020

Investment

A Two Part Interview with Greg Bailey of Juvenescence

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Juvenescence and Life Biosciences are presently the two large business development companies in the growing longevity industry. They act much like venture funds, in that they create or take controlling...

Aug 26 2020

Daily News

IL-6 and TGFβ1 Upregulation with Age Cause Detrimental Changes in Hematopoiesis

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Researchers here show that blocking the age-related upregulation of inflammatory signal molecules IL-6 and TGFβ1 can reverse some of the deterimental changes in the function of hematopoiesis. Hematopoiesis is the...

Aug 26 2020

Daily News

Higher Body Mass Index Correlates with Reduced Cerebral Blood Flow

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Vascular aging is an important contribution to neurodegeneration. The brain is an energy-hungry organ, and reductions in blood flow with age have a negative impact on brain tissue. These reductions...