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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

Daily News

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

Daily News

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

Daily News

Luciferase Visualization of Age-Related Loss of Mitochondrial Membrane Potential in Mice

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Researchers here demonstrate a way to visualize mitochondrial membrane potential, a measure of mitochondrial function, in living animals. A tailored genetic modification causes luciferase activity to correlate with mitochondrial membrane...

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...

Aug 19 2020

Daily News

A Plasma Proteomic Profile of Frailty

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Some proteins in the blood change in characteristic ways with age and physical decline, and that change can be measured. Numerous research groups have put forward various proposed biomarkers of...

Aug 18 2020

2020, Aging Skin, Anti-Aging, Antiaging, Eyes & Eyelid Area, Mens Skin Care, Nutrition and skin, skin around the eyes

Could CBD in skincare be the miracle cure?

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CBD is a hot topic lately isn’t it?  Lots of marketing dollars are being spent on CBD.  Also the  legalization in many states, and it’s effectiveness for some conditions is...

Aug 18 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

Towards Better Vaccines and a Lower Burden of Infectious Disease in Old People

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Over a lifetime, the burden of infectious disease – and particularly persistent infections such as cytomegalovirus – influences the pace of aging via its detrimental impact on immune function in...

Aug 18 2020

Daily News

Glucose, Methionine, and the Study of Calorie Restriction in Yeast

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Beneficial changes to metabolism take place in response to a lowered intake of nutrients, upregulating cell maintenance processes and extending life span. This evolved a very long time ago indeed,...