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A Clinical Trial of a Three-Part Treatment for Inflammaging
Reseachers publishing in Antioxidants have combined three antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compounds and tested their effects in human beings. Three complementing choices The […]
Rejuvenation Roundup November 2024
While the United States has just celebrated a holiday that opposes caloric restriction, researchers there and around the world continue to discover the effects of […]
Building an Atlas of Human Ovarian Aging
The researchers of a Nature Aging paper used multi-omics approaches to investigate cellular, molecular, and genetic drivers of human ovarian aging [1]. An […]
The Best Talks of GSA 2024
Today, we bring you a selection of presentations from the annual conference organized by the Gerontological Society of America. Most […]
Finding Cells That Send Signals Against Arthritis
In Aging, researchers have reported that deriving extracellular vesicles from mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) in fat tissue has beneficial effects in models of osteoarthritis. Which source to use? Earlier this month, we wrote about how […]
How Exercise Preserves Function in Motor Nerves
In Aging Cell, researchers have described the specific cell types that give exercise protective effects against motor nerve degeneration. A different level of back problems With aging, the prevalence of nerves connecting to muscle tissue […]
Dietary Diversity Is Associated With Delayed Aging
An analysis of data from over twenty thousand people has indicated that greater dietary diversity is associated with slower biological aging [1]. Your health is what you eat Good dietary habits are linked to many […]
Intranasal Spray Alleviates Early Alzheimer’s in Mice
A novel therapy based on induced neuronal stem cells shows promise in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease – and it can be administered intranasally [1]. Who needs cells? Stem cell therapies have made great strides in […]
Engineering T Cells to Fight Brain Cancer
Researchers publishing in Nature have reported a new advance in developing chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells to fight solid tumors in the brain. A difficult endeavor CAR T cell-based therapies are normally discussed […]
Study of Direct Reprogramming Challenges Consensus
Scientists have shown that in a direct cellular reprogramming scenario, neurons are produced almost exclusively by a rare subtype of multipotent cells. Their findings, they claim, change our understanding of reprogramming, but not everyone agrees [1]. […]
Preventing Alzheimer’s Proteins From Accumulating
Boosting a key autophagy-related protein discourages a core component of Alzheimer’s from taking hold, according to a study published in Aging Cell. Taking out the trash Autophagy is the maintenance […]
A Senolytic Accelerates Reproductive Aging in Aged Mice
In a new study, researchers tested the impact of the senolytic drug ABT-263 on the reproductive systems of old female mice. ABT-263 treatment did not rescue age-related changes in hormonal levels, further depleted ovarian reserves, and didn’t improve most of […]
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