Skincare

Aug 18 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

Towards Better Vaccines and a Lower Burden of Infectious Disease in Old People

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Over a lifetime, the burden of infectious disease – and particularly persistent infections such as cytomegalovirus – influences the pace of aging via its detrimental impact on immune function in...

Aug 18 2020

Daily News

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 18 2020

Daily News

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 17 2020

Newsletters

Fight Aging! Newsletter, August 17th 2020

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Fight Aging! publishes news and commentary relevant to the goal of ending all age-related disease, to be achieved by bringing the mechanisms of aging under the control of modern medicine....

Aug 15 2020

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Scientists demonstrate how genetic variations cause eczema

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New research delineates how two relatively common variations in a gene called KIF3A are responsible for an impaired skin barrier that allows increased water loss from the skin, promoting the...

Aug 15 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

Reviewing the Mechanisms of Longevity in Long-Lived Bats

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Today’s open access research is a good companion piece to a recent paper that investigates biochemical differences between long-lived and short-lived bats. Bats are renowned for, firstly, an exceptional resistance...

Aug 15 2020

Daily News

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...

Aug 15 2020

Daily News

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 14 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

Reviewing Associations Between Physical Activity and Loss of Average Telomere Length with Age

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Telomeres are repeated DNA sequences at the ends of chromosomes. With each cell division a little telomere length is lost, and this is an important part of the countdown mechanism...

Aug 14 2020

Daily News

Exercise May Aid in Resisting Frailty and Cognitive Decline in Part via Effects on the Gut Microbiome

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The gut microbiome is influential on long-term health, and its quality declines with age. Microbial populations that produce beneficial metabolites such as butyrate or propionate decline in number, replaced by...