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  • Rejuvenation Roundup June 2025

    Rejuvenation Roundup June 2025

    This month, in between reporting on new methods of affecting aging at its most basic levels, we caught up with AI developers […]
  • Researchers Identify a New Dementia Target

    Researchers Identify a New Dementia Target

    Researchers have ascertained that excessive amounts of complement C3, an essential immune protein that increases with aging, are responsible for causing dementia in a mouse model. A necessary complement The complement system is a key immune system component that is […]
  • Subcutaneous and Visceral Fat React Differently to Obesity

    Subcutaneous and Visceral Fat React Differently to Obesity

    Scientists have found that visceral fat and subcutaneous fat produce different responses to obesity in male mice and human patients and identified an important regulator of these processes [1]. The tale of the two fats It has been known that […]
  • How Part of the Krebs Cycle Affects Senescence

    How Part of the Krebs Cycle Affects Senescence

    Researchers have discovered how and why α-ketoglutaric acid (AKG) affects cellular senescence and how a small molecule may be useful in affecting this process. They published their findings in Cell Reports. A crucial molecule AKG […]
  • Targeting an Inflammatory Pathway Fights Alzheimer’s

    Targeting an Inflammatory Pathway Fights Alzheimer’s

    Scientists have discovered that a rare mutation protects against Alzheimer’s disease by dampening a central inflammatory pathway. They recapitulated these results using a small molecule [1]. The woman who beat the odds For […]
  • Senolytics May Treat Some Long-Term Viral Lung Damage

    Senolytics May Treat Some Long-Term Viral Lung Damage

    In Aging Cell, researchers have published their findings that mice exposed to influenza experience long-term consequences that can be partially ameliorated with senolytics. Post-viral syndromes Long before the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, it had been well-established […]
  • Engineering Microglia to Deliver an Anti-Alzheimer’s Drug

    Engineering Microglia to Deliver an Anti-Alzheimer’s Drug

    In Cell Stem Cell, researchers have described how genetically engineered microglia can be used to deliver therapeutic proteins to the brain. The blood-brain barrier Delivering therapeutic compounds to the brain has a concern that is absent for other […]
  • Financial Behavior Might Help Diagnose Dementia Early

    Financial Behavior Might Help Diagnose Dementia Early

    By analyzing a large UK dataset, scientists have identified various financial behaviors that might point to dementia years before it leads to loss of financial capacity [1]. The money trail Alzheimer’s disease and related […]
  • A New Method of Modifying Stem Cells

    A New Method of Modifying Stem Cells

    Researchers have investigated a never-before-used method of transfecting senescent mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and published their results In the Cell journal Molecular Therapy Nucleic Acids. Detergents for gene therapy Altering the genetics of a […]

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