Author: Consultant

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 17 2020

Newsletters

Fight Aging! Newsletter, August 17th 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 15 2020

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Scientists demonstrate how genetic variations cause eczema

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New research delineates how two relatively common variations in a gene called KIF3A are responsible for an impaired skin barrier that allows increased water loss from the skin, promoting the...

Aug 15 2020

Daily News

Astaxanthin as a Geroprotective Compound

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Astaxanthin, a pigment compound produced by some types of algae and yeast, has been investigated for its effects on the expression and activity of proteins known to be related to...

Aug 15 2020

Daily News

Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Monocytes of the Innate Immune System Contributes to Inflammaging

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Inflammaging is the name given to the constant activation of the immune system that occurs in older individuals. Inflammation is useful and necessary in the short term, for the destruction...

Aug 15 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

Reviewing the Mechanisms of Longevity in Long-Lived Bats

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Today’s open access research is a good companion piece to a recent paper that investigates biochemical differences between long-lived and short-lived bats. Bats are renowned for, firstly, an exceptional resistance...

Aug 14 2020

Daily News

Exercise May Aid in Resisting Frailty and Cognitive Decline in Part via Effects on the Gut Microbiome

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The gut microbiome is influential on long-term health, and its quality declines with age. Microbial populations that produce beneficial metabolites such as butyrate or propionate decline in number, replaced by...

Aug 14 2020

Daily News

Should Rapamycin be Prescribed Ubiquitously as an Anti-Aging Supplement?

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Should rapamycin be prescribed ubiquitously as an anti-aging supplement? That is the question the authors of this commentary ask after a short overview of what is known of the beneficial...

Aug 14 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

Reviewing Associations Between Physical Activity and Loss of Average Telomere Length with Age

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Telomeres are repeated DNA sequences at the ends of chromosomes. With each cell division a little telomere length is lost, and this is an important part of the countdown mechanism...

Aug 13 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

Reducing LDL Cholesterol is the Wrong Target for Cardiovascular Disease

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When people say “cardiovascular disease” in the context of blood cholesterol, they mean atherosclerosis. This is the name given to the build up of fatty deposits that narrow and weaken...