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  • 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 […]
  • 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 […]
  • Lipid Metabolite Rejuvenates Muscle Stem Cells in Mice

    Lipid Metabolite Rejuvenates Muscle Stem Cells in Mice

    A recent study investigated the effect of a single treatment of prostaglandin E2 on improving muscle strength and rejuvenating muscle stem cells in mice. The researchers explored the molecular and epigenetic aspects underlying this rejuvenation [1]. Aging […]
  • 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, […]
  • Longevity Policy, Advocacy in the Spotlight at Vitalist Bay

    Longevity Policy, Advocacy in the Spotlight at Vitalist Bay

    Just several years ago, longevity conferences were few and far between. Today, there’s no shortage of them. Happening regularly around the globe, they foster scientific debate and showcase geroscience advances to the world while […]
  • 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 […]
  • 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 dementias remain a particularly hard […]
  • 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 […]
  • A Popular Sweetener Adversely Affects Blood Vessels

    A Popular Sweetener Adversely Affects Blood Vessels

    A new study has lent more support to previous epidemiological data that ties the popular sugar substitute erythritol to elevated cardiovascular risk [1]. Deceptively sweet Sugar substitutes have been around for decades, and while some people have reported decreases in […]
  • Preventing CRISPR From Causing Senescence

    Preventing CRISPR From Causing Senescence

    Researchers publishing in Cell Reports Medicine have taken a look at what causes CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology to drive cells senescent and investigated a potential method of preventing it. […]

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