February 27, 2024
Publishing a study in GeroScience featuring people over 80 years old, researchers have described a link between physical fitness and maintenance of specific brain functions. Executive functions This paper begins with a description of executive functions, the basic abilities involved in performing the fundamental goal-oriented behaviors necessary for everyday life. It is obvious how this...
February 16, 2024
Scientists have discovered a small molecule that effectively kills glioblastoma, a highly aggressive and untreatable brain cancer, in cellular cultures [1]. When acidic means deadly Despite scientists’ best efforts, some types of cancer remain almost as deadly as ever. This includes the dreaded glioblastoma, a type of brain cancer that is especially aggressive and resistant...
January 31, 2024
In a recent study published in Aging Cell, researchers found similarities between glioblastoma and Alzheimer’s disease patients in their gene expression and protein profiles [1]. Brain tumors and neurocognitive dysfunction The majority of patients with brain tumors develop irreversible, progressive neurocognitive dysfunction, sometimes long after their treatment [2-4]. It reduces their quality of life and,...
January 21, 2024
Publishing in Aging, researchers have reversed the early aging of prenatally harmed young mice by exposing them to a more enriched environment. Young organisms born old Newborn rodents from sleep-deprived mothers have conditions that are biologically similar to the processes of aging. One rat study found that maternal sleep deprivation causes these animals to be...
January 12, 2024
A new study suggests that the dysregulation of the crosstalk between hypothalamus and white adipose tissue affects aging. Rescuing this “communication channel” led to significant lifespan extension [1]. It’s all in your brain Thinking is not the brain’s sole responsibility. Some brain regions, such as the hypothalamus, control a plethora of bodily processes that don't...
December 18, 2023
In Cell Stem Cell, researchers have published the results of a Phase 1 clinical trial of a treatment that uses neural stem cells (NSCs) to treat multiple sclerosis. Looking for better therapies Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a progressive disease that afflicts approximately two million people worldwide [1]. This is an autoimmune disease that causes bursts...