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Jun 19 2020

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Repetitive Elements as a Transcriptomic Biomarker of Aging

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Retrotransposons are receiving more attention in the context of aging these days. They are the remnants of ancient viruses, capable of copying themselves around the genome. The mechanisms repressing this...

Jun 19 2020

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Stiffening of the Extracellular Matrix Contributes to Age-Related Muscle Impairment

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In this interesting open access paper, the authors explore the contribution of changes in the extracellular matrix to the deterioration of muscle function that takes place with aging. The extracellular...

Jun 18 2020

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Retraining the Immune System to Turn Off Autoimmunity

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This interesting study suggests that it may be possible to turn off many forms of autoimmunity by inducing tolerance, in a comparatively simple manner, to the specific fragment of a...

Jun 18 2020

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Blood Pressure Control Increases Life Expectancy Even in the Most Frail Elderly People

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Chronically raised blood pressure, or hypertension, is highly damaging to tissues throughout the body. It is an important mechanism linking the molecular damage of aging to gross structural damage to...

Jun 17 2020

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Quantifying Loss of Kidney Function with Age in a Human Population

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Kidney function is critical to health, but, as is the case for all organs, the kidneys declines with age. The damage of aging produces harmful outcomes in many ways. For...

Jun 17 2020

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Threonine Restriction Promotes Health in Mice

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Calorie restriction, eating up to 40% fewer calories while maintaining optimal micronutrient intake, improves health and reliably extends life in most species. In humans it produces robust improvements in health,...

Jun 16 2020

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Blood Drainage from the Brain Slows with Age, Leading to Ventriculomegaly

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As noted here, the circulation of blood through the brain slows in specific ways with increasing age. Taken as a biomarker, this correlates with one of the noteworthy structural changes...

Jun 16 2020

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Loss of Visual Acuity Correlates with Dementia Risk

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Many aspects of aging correlate with one another, even those with quite different underlying mechanisms and proximate causes. The various forms of root cause damage that result in the aging...

Jun 13 2020

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Changes in Muscle Metabolism Cause Beneficial Changes in Fat Metabolism in Long-Lived Dwarf Mice

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The open access paper here makes an interesting companion piece to a recent review of what is known of the role of fat tissue in the longevity of dwarf mouse...

Jun 13 2020

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Lysosomal Activity is Positively Affected by Various Longevity Mutations in Nematodes

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The cellular organelles known as lysosomes are packed full of enzymes, enabling the recycling of metabolic waste and damaged or unwanted proteins and structures by breaking them down into their...