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Aug 21 2020

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Centenarians are Comparatively Resistant to Age-Related Disease

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Centenarians, people who survive to 100 years of age or more, are comparatively resistant to age-related disease. They are not in good shape in comparison to a much younger person,...

Aug 21 2020

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TREM2 Inhibition as a Potentially Broadly Effective Cancer Therapy

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It remains the case that far too much of the extensively funded work on cancer therapies is only relevant to a tiny subset of cancers. This is no way to...

Aug 20 2020

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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 20 2020

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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 19 2020

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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

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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

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A Cell Based Approach to Regeneration of the Atrophied Thymus

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Researchers here report on a cell based approach to regeneration of the aged thymus. The thymus is responsible for maturation of T cells of the adaptive immune system. Unfortunately, this...

Aug 18 2020

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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,...

Aug 15 2020

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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

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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...