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Aug 08 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

Short Term Cdc42 Inhibition In Middle Aged Mice Extends Median and Maximum Life Span

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An interesting study of mouse life span extension via a novel methodology was recently published. The researchers developed a small molecule approach to inhibition of Cdc42, a protein with numerous...

Aug 08 2020

Daily News

Accelerated Osteoporosis in Mitochondrial Mutator Mice

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Mitochondria are the power plants of the cell, the evolved descendants of ancient symbiotic bacteria. They generate the chemical energy store molecules needed to power cellular processes. The herd of...

Aug 08 2020

Daily News

Too Much Mitochondrial Fission in the Aging Germline Stem Cells of Flies

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Mitochondria are bacteria-like organelles responsible for producing chemical energy store molecules to power cellular processes. Hundreds of them exist in every cell, constantly undergoing fusion and fission, swapping component parts...

Aug 07 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

Delivery of BDNF Reverses Inflammatory Microglial Activation in Old Mice

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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) shows up in many aspects of the interaction between health practices, mechanisms of aging, and mechanisms of neurodegeneration. Most research is focused on the effects of...

Aug 07 2020

Daily News

An Update on Single Issue Political Advocacy for Longevity in Europe

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In most European countries, electoral rules are such that it is possible to conduct effective advocacy for a cause via a single issue political party. Successful examples include the Green...

Aug 07 2020

Daily News

The Reasons to Study Aging

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I point out this open access paper not for the content, but for the preamble, in which the author offers a view on why the research community should study aging....

Aug 06 2020

Investment

Biotech Startup SENISCA Develops a RNA Splicing Approach to the Treatment of Aging

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In recent years, increasing attention has been given to RNA splicing as a mechanism of interest in aging. RNA splicing is the process of combining intron and exon regions derived...

Aug 06 2020

Daily News

Microtubule Activity in Dopaminergic Neurons Affects the Pace of Aging in Flies

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In an interesting discovery, researchers here note evidence for the behavior of dopamine generating neurons in the fly brain to have an sizable influence on the pace of aging and...

Aug 06 2020

Daily News

GDF15 Helps to Resist Age-Related Chronic Inflammation

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Aging is accompanied by rising levels of sustained inflammation, a chronic overactivation of the immune system. This inappropriate activity on the part of immune cells disrupts tissue function in numerous...

Aug 05 2020

Uncategorized

The wrong track: How papillomaviruses trick the immune system

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Specific antibodies protect us against viral infections – or do they not? Researchers studied the immune response to papillomaviruses in mice and discovered a hitherto unknown mechanism by which the...