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Jul 13 2020

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Fight Aging! Newsletter, July 13th 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....

Jul 11 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

It is Challenging to Find Support for Evolutionary Trade-offs Between Reproduction and Aging in Human Data

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The disposibility theory of aging is one of numerous evolutionary theories of aging that seek to explain why aging exists and is near universal across species. In this case, aging...

Jul 11 2020

Daily News

Stem Cell Exhaustion in the Aging Lung

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Stem cell activity declines with age throughout the body. In some cases this is because stem cells become less active in response to changes in the signaling environment. In other...

Jul 11 2020

Daily News

Differences in Exosome MicroRNA Content Following Exercise in Sedentary versus Fit Older People

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Researchers here note one example of the many differences that exist between good and poor fitness in older people. The response to exercise is materially different between fit and sedentary...

Jul 10 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

MicroRNA-34a Promotes Vascular Cellular Senescence and Consequent Calcification

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With the growing interest in the accumulation of senescent cells as an important cause of aging, and more funding flowing into this part of the field, researchers are uncovering numerous...

Jul 10 2020

Daily News

Ex Vivo Mitochondrial Transfer as a Way to Improve Stem Cell Therapy Outcomes

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A sizable portion of the variable efficacy of first generation stem cell therapies as presently practiced may be due to a poor quality of cells following expansion in culture. Regardless...

Jul 10 2020

Daily News

Why Do Older Mothers Produce Less Robust Offspring?

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It is well understood that an older maternal age at birth results in offspring that are less robust, meaning a shorter life expectancy, lesser degrees of reproductive success, and so...

Jul 09 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

The Aging Gut Microbiome Produces More Trimethylamine, Harming Arterial Function

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In recent years academic interest has grown in the study of the gut microbiome. Researchers are making inroads into understanding the considerable influence of these microbial populations over the progression...

Jul 09 2020

Daily News

Cortisol Declines in the Old, Causing Macrophages to Become More Inflammatory

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Researchers here show that declining cortisol levels cause macrophage cells of the innate immune system to become more inflammatory with age. This contributes to the state of chronic inflammation in...

Jul 09 2020

Daily News

Exercise Slows Inappropriate Growth of Blood Vessels in a Mouse Model of Macular Degeneration

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Excessive growth of blood vessels beneath the retina is a proximate cause of blindness in conditions such as macular degeneration. Researchers here provide evidence for physical activity to be influential...