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Epigenetic Drug Targets Fat, Improving Blood Vessel Health
Scientists have targeted the thin fat layer around blood vessels with a transcription inhibitor, reducing symptoms of cardiometabolic disease [1]. When vessels can’t “just relax” Cardiometabolic disease (CMD) – characterized, among other things, by obesity combined with high blood pressure […]
How Antioxidants Can Selectively Remove Some Senescent Cells
In Aging Cell, researchers have described the way that antioxidants work against senescence in muscle cells by altering mTOR signaling. Senescent cells don’t sense nutrients properly Oxidative stress and mTOR signaling, which determines how cells […]
Late-Life Gene Therapy Boosts Lifespan in Mice by 20%
In a new study, muscle-targeted viral-vector-based delivery of the protein FGF21 significantly increased median lifespan in male mice and improved many healthspan markers […]
How Senescent Cells Grow the Homes of Cancerous Tumors
A team of reviewers has taken a look at the relationship between cancer, cellular senescence, and vascular overgrowth and published this information in Aging Cell. Different gut cancers form […]
Inducing NREM-Like Neuronal Patterns Mimics Sleep Benefits
Scientists have “faked” sleep in mice by artificially creating the on/off neuronal firing pattern similar to that seen in non-REM sleep. This produced sleep-like effects, including improved learning memory [1]. Can sleep be emulated? Getting proper […]
The Immune System Maintains the Microbiome
In a recent paper, researchers have proposed that the immune system and immune surveillance play a central role in maintaining microbial composition […]
How Gut Bacteria Affect Lung Fibrosis
In Aging Cell, researchers have described how a strain of Lactobacillus gut bacteria sends chemical signals that enter the bloodstream and decrease fibrosis in the lungs. […]
Fighting Parkinson’s by Restoring Protein Degradation
Researchers have explained how a protein found in both yeast and humans facilitates the destruction of the core protein responsible for Parkinson’s […]
Neurons’ Protein Disposal Trick Offers Alzheimer’s Insights
According to a new study, a special protein disposal system, currently found only in neurons, is linked to central hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease [1]. The membranal proteasome Alzheimer’s disease is defined in part by two protein aggregates […]
Preventing Load-Induced Arthritis at the Cellular Level
Researchers have discovered that the osteoarthritis-inducing effects of excessive mechanical stress can be mitigated by increasing miR-330, a key regulator in cartilage and bone cells. Backbreaking labor is exactly that It has been […]
The Thalion Initiative: A New Non-Profit With Big Ambitions
The longevity field remains small and starved for resources, especially the subfield devoted to the fundamental biology of aging, despite near-universal agreement that solving aging requires understanding it first. With VCs looking for clinical successes and state funding drying up […]
Rejuvenation Roundup May 2026
Approaches that modify the processes of aging at their roots have gone well beyond basic research and into therapies intended for the clinic within the next few years. Here’s how the field has advanced […]
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