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Sep 25 2020

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Activated and Senescent Microglia as a Contributing Cause of Neurodegeneration

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Microglia are innate immune cells of the brain, responsible not just for destroying pathogens and errant cells, but also for clearing debris and assisting neurons in managing the connections of...

Sep 25 2020

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Theorizing on Cosmic Radiation as an Accelerator of Aging via Cellular Senescence

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Researchers here suggest that some of the detrimental effects of prolonged space missions are mediated by an increased burden of senescent cells resulting from cosmic radiation exposure. Senescent cell accumulation...

Sep 24 2020

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Proposing an Approach to Obtain Human Data on Combined Interventions and Effects on Aging

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With the advent of epigenetic clocks that appear able to measure biological age, researchers are interested in putting these clocks to work on the assessment of interventions that might affect...

Sep 24 2020

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miR-192 in Extracellular Vesicles as a Negative Regulator of Inflammation in Old Tissues

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Chronic inflammation is a feature of aging; the immune system is persistently overactive, and this disrupts tissue function in numerous ways, contributing to the progression of age-related disease. There are...

Sep 23 2020

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Fasting Mimicking Diet Improves Chemotherapy Effectiveness and Reduces Side Effects

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The fasting mimicking diet emerged from efforts to better define the dose-response curve for beneficial effects resulting from a reduced calorie intake. Fasting is beneficial, calorie restriction is beneficial, but...

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...