Tag: COPD

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 that viral lung diseases such as influenza lead to lasting damage [1, 2]. Increased risks...

Researchers publishing in Aging have found a molecule linking exercise to the inhibition of cellular senescence, one of the hallmarks of aging. Exercise against senescence Why We Age: Cellular SenescenceAs your body ages, more of your cells become senescent. Senescent cells do not divide or support the tissues of which they are part; instead, they...

Revealing their findings in Aging Cell, researchers have found a new biochemical target for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Smoking is only one cause COPD, which is characterized by bouts of lung problems, has only limited treatments, is progressive and currently incurable, and often occurs in people over 60 [1]. While smoking is its most...

A new perspective published in Cell explains a direct link between genomic instability and age-related diseases [1]. Somatic mutations Mutation is normally explained as the driving force behind evolution, as changes in the germ lines of organisms result in beneficial and harmful mutations to organisms. The organisms with the harmful mutations die off and the...