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May 01 2020

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Adjusting Macrophage Polarization for Therapeutic Effects is not Straightforward

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The innate immune cells known as macrophages can adopt different packages of behaviors, known as polarizations, under different circumstances. The underlying reality is more a continuum than two clear categories,...

May 01 2020

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Photobiomodulation to Enhance Mitochondrial Function as a Potential Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease

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There is evidence for near-infrared light to improve mitochondrial function, although exactly how it works, and how reliably it works, is far from settled. This wavelength of light penetrates tissue...

Apr 30 2020

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Complement C5 Protein is a Biomarker of Preclinical Atherosclerosis

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At some point in the years ahead, the research community will develop effective means of reversing atherosclerotic lesions, the fatty, inflammatory deposits that build up in blood vessel walls to...

Apr 30 2020

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Direct Reprogramming of Skin Cells into Photoreceptors to Restore Light Sensitivity in Mice

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Researchers here demonstrate a direct form of cellular reprogramming, converting skin cells directly into another cell type without going through intermediary stages of induced pluripotency and differentiation. In this case...

Apr 29 2020

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The Aging of Muscle Stem Cells

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Impaired function of muscle stem cells is presently thought to be the dominant contributing factor in the development of sarcopenia, the loss of muscle mass and strength that affects everyone...

Apr 29 2020

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The Trials of Running a Public Longevity Industry Company

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Taking a company public is a deal with the devil. One does it to gain access to capital, and at the behest of early investors who want an exit. Thereafter,...

Apr 28 2020

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Autoimmunity in Parkinson’s Disease

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Is Parkinson’s disease in part an autoimmune condition? Parkinson’s is an age-related neurodegenerative condition in which the primary motor control symptoms result from the death of a specialized population of...

Apr 28 2020

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Implicating Glymphatic System Dysfunction in Glaucoma

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There is growing interest in the systems of drainage that carry away cerebrospinal fluid and molecular waste from the brain. The failure of these systems due to the damage and...

Apr 27 2020

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GDF11 in the Regeneration and Aging of Skin

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GDF11 was identified in parabiosis studies as beneficially influencing stem cell and tissue function. Levels of GDF11 decline with age. There was some debate over whether or not the early...

Apr 27 2020

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A Cardiac Patch Without Cells Improves Regeneration Following Heart Attack

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It is a sad truth that near all transplanted cells in near all cell therapies die quickly, and do not integrate with tissues to improve function. The benefits that do...