Skincare

Jun 02 2020

Daily News

BCL-xL as a Longevity Gene

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BCL-xL is a mitochondrial protein that acts to suppress the programmed cell death response of apoptosis, and is overexpressed in some cancers, as well as in senescent cells. Thus small...

Jun 02 2020

Daily News

Longer Female Life Spans Vary Widely by Species and Likely Have Complex Roots

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In most species, including our own, females live longer than males. Why this is the case is likely one of those simple questions that lacks a simple answer. At the...

Jun 01 2020

Newsletters

Fight Aging! Newsletter, June 1st 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....

May 30 2020

Uncategorized

Researchers identify mechanisms that make skin a protective barrier

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A research team has identified one of the mechanisms that establish the skin as a protective barrier, a breakthrough that is critical to understanding and treating common skin conditions including...

May 30 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

Disruption of T Cell Mitochondrial Function Produces Accelerated Aging Symptoms in Mice

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One has to be cautious about studies in which metabolism is broken in some way, and symptoms of aging start to appear earlier as a result. Whether or not this...

May 30 2020

Daily News

Reviewing the Prospects for Nicotinamide Mononucleotide Supplementation to Raise NAD+ Levels and Improve Health

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A fair amount of effort is presently put towards the exploration of supplements derived from vitamin B3 compounds (nicotinamide, niacin, nicotinamide riboside) that act as precursors to enable the manufacture...

May 30 2020

Daily News

Visceral Fat Behaves Differently in Long-Lived Dwarf Mice

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A few varieties of dwarf mice exhibit considerable longevity. They are produced via forms of mutation that disable portions of growth hormone metabolism, such as via growth hormone receptor knockout....

May 29 2020

Of Interest

Forever Healthy Foundation Publishes a Risk-Benefit Analysis of Dasatinib and Quercetin as a Senolytic Therapy

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The Forever Healthy Foundation publishes a series of conservative risk-benefit analyses of presently available interventions that might prove beneficial in addressing aspects of aging. These range widely in proven effectiveness,...

May 29 2020

Daily News

Further Evidence for Exercise to Improve Memory via Increased Blood Flow

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To what degree is increased blood flow to the brain the important mechanism mediating the beneficial effects of exercise on memory? Exercise improves memory both in the very short term,...

May 29 2020

Daily News

Greater Exercise Correlates with Improved Functional Connectivity in the Aging Brain

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Researchers here investigate detailed measures of brain function over time, and correlate them with the level of physical activity. There is plenty of evidence for greater physical activity to slow...