Skincare

May 21 2020

Daily News

Exercise Acts Through Wnt Signaling to Slow Brain Aging in Rats

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Researchers here report on the application of various forms of exercise program to aged rats, followed by observing the effects on age-related cognitive impairment and related changes in the biochemistry...

May 21 2020

Daily News

Better Vaccines for Older People are a Poor Alternative to Better Immune Systems for Older People

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The paper here offers a good overview of recent research and development aimed at improving the effectiveness of vaccines in old people. Vaccines are only poorly effective in the old...

May 20 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

SYK Inhibitors as a Novel Class of Senolytics, Mechanisms of Action Yet to Be Determined

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Senescent cells accumulate with age, and this accumulation is an important contributing cause of aging. These errant cells secrete a potent mix of signal molecules that spur chronic inflammation and...

May 20 2020

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Jim Mellon Funds Aging Research at University of Oxford

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Jim Mellon is doing a fair amount to help push the research and medical communities towards the development of therapies to slow and reverse the progression of aging. He is...

May 20 2020

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The Moonshot Venture Fellowship at Apollo Ventures

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One of the more productive strategies undertaken by advocates and venture firms in the longevity industry is to put effort into the creation of companies, rather than waiting for companies...

May 19 2020

2020, Anti-Aging, Melasma, Sun Damage

Melasma, Sun Damage and Cool Hats and Clothing.

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It’s peak UVA time in the northern hemisphere again.  That’s when melasma especially, and pigment in general get worse! What you can do to help your melasma and pigment problems:...

May 19 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

Follistatin Gene Therapy Doubles Muscle Mass in Mice

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Follistatin is an inhibitor of myostatin. Blocking myostatin activity enhances muscle growth, with accompanying beneficial side-effects such as a loss of excess fat tissue. This is well proven. There are...

May 19 2020

Daily News

Mechanisms of Calorie Restriction and Intermittent Fasting

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This open access paper provides a good high-level overview of what is known of the molecular mechanisms underpinning the beneficial response to calorie restriction and intermittent fasting. In short-lived species,...

May 19 2020

Daily News

Lin28 as a Target for Nerve Regeneration

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Researchers here show that the gene Lin28 regulates axon regrowth. In mice, raised levels of Lin28 produce greater regeneration of nerve injuries. Past research has investigated Lin28 from the standpoint...

May 18 2020

Newsletters

Fight Aging! Newsletter, May 18th 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....