Tag: Inflammaging

A new report from the Interventions Testing Program adds three new compounds to the list of lifespan-extending compounds confirmed during their experiments: epicatechin, halofuginone, and mitoglitazone [1]. Rigorous testing The National Institute on Aging’s Interventions Testing Program (ITP) is designed to rigorously test potential lifespan-extending compounds with a protocol that ensures reproducibility. In a standard investigation,...

Scientists have discovered a possible mechanism behind age-related inflammation. It involves wrong building blocks being incorporated into mitochondrial DNA during replication and can be countered by adding the correct ones [1]. Too similar to bacteria Mitochondria, the cells’ energy-producing organelles, are considered to have developed from bacteria that once entered an ancient cell and stayed,...

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 Why We Age: Chronic InflammationChronic inflammation refers to a persistent, low-grade buzz of immune activity that settles into the body without the drama of an infection or...

By comparing data from industrialized and non-industrialized societies, a new study calls into question some assumptions about the relationship between inflammation and aging [1]. Harmful protection Inflammation accompanies us throughout our entire lives. Without it, we would not be able to fight off pathogens. Yet, inflammation also harms tissues and organs and, as such, is...

The longevity field hasn’t been very good at naming things, but one notable exception is “inflammaging”: the low-grade chronic inflammation that correlates with aging. Recognition has been growing that inflammation, the ubiquitous reaction of the immune system to various stressors, is a major driver of many age-related diseases and possibly one of the limiting factors...

A new study defines the concept of immune resilience and positions it as a central determinant of aging trajectories, linking it to survival, inflammation control, and the body’s ability to withstand stress [1]. Keeping the balance Geroscientists have long suspected that the immune system plays an outsized role in aging, one that has deep evolutionary...