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Sep 23 2020

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Reducing Chronic Inflammation as Effective as Reducing Blood Cholesterol in Producing a Small Reversal of Atherosclerotic Lesions

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The study results here provide an interesting comparison between the strategies of lowering inflammation and lowering blood cholesterol for the treatment of atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is the name given to the...

Sep 22 2020

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Calorie Restriction Improves Intestinal Stem Cell and Barrier Function in Old Mice

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The practice of calorie restriction improves many measures of health, and extends life meaningfully in short lived species such as mice. Unfortunately, while calorie restriction improves health in much the...

Sep 22 2020

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Evidence for Chronic Inflammation to be a Significant Factor in Age-Related Hearing Loss

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Hearing loss is a prevalent problem with age, the result of loss of sensory hair cells of the inner ear, or as seems more likely in recent years, damage to...

Sep 19 2020

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Geroscience and Ovarian Aging

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The geroscience view of the treatment of aging isn’t limited to the reuse of existing drugs that happen to upregulate stress responses in ways that modestly slow aging, but this...

Sep 19 2020

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Long Term mTORC1 Inhibition Slows Muscle Aging in Mice via Preservation of Neuromuscular Junctions

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Sarcopenia is the name given to the characteristic loss of muscle mass and strength that occurs in later life, the result of numerous contributing processes of damage and decline. Researchers...

Sep 18 2020

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Lowered Body Temperature is Important in the Beneficial Calorie Restriction Response

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Calorie restriction lowers body temperature in mammals, but most research on how reduced calorie intake produces benefits to long-term health and longevity has focused on nutrient sensing as the primary...

Sep 18 2020

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Metformin Found to Reduce Liver Inflammation

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Metformin produces a modest and unreliable extension of life in animal models, and human data shows a small increase in life span in diabetic patients. This is thought to work...

Sep 17 2020

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Targeting Inflammatory Microglia in the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disease

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The immune cells of the central nervous system are distinct from those of the rest of the body. Innate immune cells such as microglia become increasingly inflammatory with advancing age,...

Sep 17 2020

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The Aging of Macrophages Impairs Peripheral Nerve Regeneration

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Macrophages of the innate immune system, cells derived from monocytes, are involved in many processes in tissue beyond merely hunting down invading pathogens. They are also important to the processes...

Sep 16 2020

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Upregulation of Unacetylated Ghrelin Slows Age-Related Muscle Loss in Mice

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Ghrelin is best known for its role in the mechanisms of hunger, but it has two different forms, only one of which induces hunger. Both forms are known to affect...