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Amyloid-Fibrinogen Complexes Exacerbate Alzheimer’s in Mice
A study from Rockefeller University suggests that an unholy duo of two proteins causes harm in much lower concentrations than either of them alone. This points to […]
Measuring Dog Aging With Protein Metabolism
Researchers working with data from the Dog Aging Project have found that post-translationally modified amino acids (ptmAAs), which are generated from protein metabolism, are useful in determining the biological ages of dogs. The Dog Aging Project With enrollment beginning in […]
Andrea Maier on Longevity Medicine for All
Dr. Andrea Maier, Oon Chiew Seng Professor in Medicine at the National University of Singapore, is a veteran geroscientist and one of the most familiar faces in the rising field of […]
Addressing Age-Related Vision Decline With Lipid Supplements
Researchers have partially reversed age-related vision decline in mice by injecting lipids directly into the retina [1]. The lipids in the retina The membranes that surround our […]
Tiny Brain Organoids Show Promise in Alzheimer’s Research
Scientists have developed a novel multicellular integrated brain model to study neurological diseases, incorporating all six major brain cell types derived from […]
How Being in Orbit Affects Stem Cells
In Cell Stem Cell, researchers from the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have published a review discussing what experiments conducted in space can do for stem cell research and medical research as […]
Female-Specific Mechanism of Neurodegeneration Discovered
Scientists have found that a gene on the X chromosome, which escapes silencing, promotes inflammation and neurodegeneration in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis, but the effects can be reversed with metformin. Human RNA sequencing data supports […]
Infrared Lasers Clear Harmful Compounds in Mouse Brains
Researchers have discovered that infrared lasers promote the clearance of toxic metabolites from the brains of age-accelerated mice by improving lymphatic drainage. Gunking up the […]
Interventions Testing Program Finds Three New Compounds
A new report from the Interventions Testing Program adds three new compounds to the list of lifespan-extending compounds confirmed during […]
Why Naked Mole Rats Have Better DNA Repair
Scientists have found that the cGAS protein in naked mole rats, a famously long-lived species, boosts DNA repair, while the human version […]
Researchers Identify Key Age-Related Genes
In Aging Cell, researchers have described core genes that apply to a wide variety of species and appear to be causal drivers of aging. Looking for signals in the noise Introducing their study, […]
Nanoparticles Potently Reverse Alzheimer’s in Mice
Scientists have created polymersomes, a type of nanoparticle, that latch onto a master regulator of amyloid-beta clearance, diverting it towards […]
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