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Moderate Beer Consumption Produces Benefits in Mice
Scientists have given three types of beer to artificially aged male mice and recorded numerous beneficial effects, including improvements in microbiome diversity and lipid profiles [1]. Can alcohol be healthy? […]
Loose Chromatin, Senescent Inflammation, and Cancer
In Aging Cell, researchers have reported that chromatin demethylation allows SASP compounds to be more easily expressed. Chromatin and gene expression The […]
Rejuvenating Atherosclerotic Foam Cells
According to a study published by Cyclarity Therapeutics, its drug UDP-003 shows benefits in reversing the root cause of atherosclerotic plaques [1]. Fighting the root cause Many available medications address only disease symptoms in an effort to […]
Impaired Brain Blood Flow Might Be Important in Alzheimer’s
Scientists have developed a potent diagnostic tool based on the vascular hypothesis for Alzheimer’s. It outperformed three current techniques and might offer clues to the mechanism behind the disease [1]. The blood flow hypothesis Traditionally, Alzheimer’s […]
Reducing an Iron-Associated Protein Fights Cognitive Decline
In Nature Aging, researchers have described how an increase in the iron-associated protein ferritin light chain 1 (FTL1) is related to age-related cognitive impairment. Impairment without cellular death While neuronal loss is always a concern, age-related […]
Transient Epigenetic Rejuvenation Recorded in Athletes
A new study has found that professional soccer players experience a drop in their biological age after a match, as measured by biomarkers assessed with state-of-the-art methylation clocks [1]. We asked Dr. Steve Horvath, the study’s co-author, to comment. […]
Researchers Identify a Key Senescence-Spreading Factor
In Metabolism Clinical & Experimental, researchers have described how the reduced isoform of the SASP factor HMGB1 causes senescence to spread. An alarm that doesn’t turn off HMGB1 is an alarmin protein, which, as its name suggests, is […]
Low-Dose Lithium Reverses Features of Alzheimer’s in Mice
In a recent study, researchers identified the critical role that lithium plays in brain health and the development of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease. […]
An Overly Youthful Immune System Might Cause Autoimmunity
Scientists have proposed a hypothesis that immune aging might be necessary to shield people from autoimmune effects, as the repertoire of […]
Exosomes Reduce Sarcopenia in a Mouse Model
Researchers have discovered that exosomes secreted by mesenchymal stem cells derived from human umbilical cord tissue (hucMSC-Exos) restore muscle function in a mouse model of sarcopenia. Useful messengers Exosomes are vesicles that carry molecular messages from cell to cell. […]
Moving to a More Walkable City Increases Step Count
Working with data from a smartphone app, scientists have shown for the first time that relocating to a more walkable city is linked […]
How Inflammation Is Linked to Heart Disease
In Cell Reports Medicine, researchers have published a detailed review on the relationship between cardiovascular disease and the age-related inflammation known as inflammaging. The immune system itself ages Inflammaging […]
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