October 31, 2023
At Abundance 360, David Sinclair made quite a number of encouraging comments about the future of aging research, including methods of resetting epigenetics to a youthful state. Emmett Short discusses these comments on this episode of Lifespan News. Script Welcome to Lifespan News. My last video on David Sinclair's new research into an age-reversal pill...
October 31, 2023
A new study suggests that while it is possible to be both obese and healthy, this phenotype considerably increases the risk of getting diabetes, mainly because it is hard to maintain [1]. Chubby and happy? Obesity is a known comorbidity in numerous chronic conditions, including age-related ones. It has been shown to positively correlate with...
October 30, 2023
Researchers publishing in GeroScience have discovered the molecular mechanisms through which fibrinogen, a protein that increases with aging, causes toxic compounds to more easily leak into the brain. The deteriorating blood-brain barrier In the brain, the microvessels (MVs) that are responsible for carrying blood to neurons and other cells provide careful filtration, both from infectious...
October 30, 2023
A new study used a plasma fraction from young pigs to robustly reduce the biological age of old rats. This could potentially open doors to rejuvenation in humans [1]. The blood connection People have been trying to use young blood to rejuvenate old organisms for millennia, but only in recent years has this concept been...
October 29, 2023
According to a review published in Food Science and Human Wellness, resveratrol has a positive impact on mitochondrial dysfunction, one of the hallmarks of aging. A hallmark with downstream consequences Why We Age: Mitochondrial DysfunctionAs they age, the mitochondria in our cells lose their ability to provide cellular energy and release reactive oxygen species that...
October 27, 2023
Scientists have found that intermittent fasting can ameliorate Alzheimer’s in mice by improving sleep patterns [1]. Time to eat, time to fast Time-restricted eating, also referred to as intermittent fasting (IF), can take different shapes, such as the one-meal-a-day regimen, alternate-day fasting, or 16/8, in which a person fasts for 16 hours and eats during...