Skincare

May 28 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

Calorie Restriction versus the Aging of Microglia

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Microglia are immune cells of the brain, analogous to macrophages in the rest of the body. They take on a broad range of tasks: chasing down pathogens; clearing up cell...

May 28 2020

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Somatic Chromosomal Mosaicism as a Mechanism of Aging and Disease

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Stochastic mutational damage to nuclear DNA occurs constantly in the body, and near all of it is quickly repaired. Most unrepaired damage occurs in DNA that isn’t used, or the...

May 28 2020

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Delivery of Cadherin-13 Slows the Onset of Osteoporosis in Mice

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Bone is a dynamic structure, constantly built up by osteoblasts and torn down by osteoclasts. In youth there is a balance between these two cell types, but the processes of...

May 27 2020

2020, Anti-Aging, Body Treatments, CoolSculpting, Necks

The Latest on Neck Tightening (#2/2)

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This is the second of two.  Neck tightening has been the ‘holy grail’ of nonsurgical for quite some time, with good options for prevention of sagging by starting early, as...

May 27 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

Vaccination as a Limited Option for Removal of Senescent Cells

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In today’s open access paper, the authors demonstrate a form of vaccination against a surface marker that appears on a subset of senescent T cells that reside in fat tissue,...

May 27 2020

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Age-Impaired Autophagy Makes CD4+ T Cells Inflammatory

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Here, researchers discuss data that sheds light on the way in which age-related declines in autophagy, related mitochondrial dysfunction due to impairment of mitochondrial autophagy, and decline of the immune...

May 27 2020

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An Analysis of the Gray Whale Transcriptome in the Context of Longevity

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Much of the comparative biology of aging involves study of long-lived mammals in an attempt to understand which mechanisms determine species longevity. It is possible that a better understanding of...

May 26 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

Secreted Stem Cell Factors as a Treatment for Male-Pattern Baldness

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Both hair graying and hair loss with age are well researched topics, but there remains considerable uncertainty over which of the possible mechanisms involved are the most relevant, or most...

May 26 2020

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Is Ageism a Useful Explanation for Lack of Progress Towards Rejuvenation Therapies?

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While ageism certainly exists, I’ve never really liked the use of ageism as an explanation for the lack of progress towards rejuvenation therapies, and this in an era of biotechnology...

May 26 2020

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HDAC1 Activators Improve DNA Repair in Neurons to Treat Cognitive Decline

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HDAC1 is involved in a form of DNA repair, but levels decline with age, as well as in Alzheimer’s disease. This leads to a greater accumulation of unrepaired oxidative DNA...