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New in Gerontology

The main cause of sarcopenia

A recent study by Swedish scientists gives hope for the emergence of new methods of keeping muscles strong in old age.

28.02.2018

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How Late Fatherhood Harms Children

The mice from older fathers showed signs of aging more strongly, and they lived 2 months less than their peers from young males.

27.02.2018

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Epigenetics and the aging clock

Review of current data on the "Horvath clock" linking DNA methylation with biological and chronological age.

21.02.2018

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Aging and aneuploidy

The regulator of the activity of genes controlling cell division may become another target in the development of anti-aging methods.

19.02.2018

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Does Alzheimer's start at 40?

The mechanisms underlying Alzheimer's disease and preceding the accumulation of toxic proteins and brain damage are described.

09.02.2018

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How do you sleep?

The failure of the biological clock with sleep disorders occurs several years before the manifestation of the initial signs of Alzheimer's disease.

30.01.2018

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Age-related aging of the immune system (7)

The phenotype of immunological risk is a prognostic factor for the development of cognitive impairment and mortality.

30.01.2018

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Age-related aging of the immune system (6)

Changes in the innate immune response in old age are very important.

30.01.2018

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Age-related aging of the immune system (5)

The ability of cells of the immune system to renew in the process of physiological aging is fading.

30.01.2018

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Age-related aging of the immune system (4)

Physiological aging is characterized by continuous adaptation of the body to destructive changes.

30.01.2018

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Age-related aging of the immune system (3)

Another factor affecting the state of the immune system is the effect of free radicals.

29.01.2018

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Age-related aging of the immune system (2)

The same factors contribute to both the development of decrepitude and increased life expectancy.

29.01.2018

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From the life of diggers

Naked diggers are an exception to many "rules" of the animal world: as it turned out, these rodents do not even age and do not begin to die more often with age.

29.01.2018

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Age-related aging of the immune system (1)

This is a relatively new area of research associated with an increase in life expectancy.

29.01.2018

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Parkinsonism and senescent cells

Systemic removal of neurons that have lost their potential for division inhibits the development of Parkinson's disease in laboratory animals.

26.01.2018

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Aging and mitochondria: new data

Review of two recently published freely available articles on the role of mitochondria in the aging process.

26.01.2018

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Promising age

This newly proposed criterion measures how old people are, not from the moment of birth, but from the moment of death.

19.01.2018

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Brain Aging Protein

The discovery of a new mechanism of brain aging will help in the future to prolong the normal functioning of the central nervous system in humans.

15.01.2018

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Fasting and sexual dimorphism

Scientists have uncovered an unusual link between a low-calorie diet, life extension and sex.

27.12.2017

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Low-calorie diet and aging

The thematic issue of The Journals of Gerontology, Series A – from experiments on unicellular to the results of the first clinical trial.

22.12.2017