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Sleep and Aging II

Sleep disorders are almost always manifestations of some painful processes in the body. At the same time, a number of diseases that are often observed with sleep problems are also detected in the elderly.

29.02.2016
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Sleep and Aging I

Although aging of the body is not a periodic process, its course directly depends on the biorhythms of a person, in particular, on the sleep and wakefulness cycle.

29.02.2016
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A new factor for cancer prediction

If a person's biological age exceeds his chronological age, this may mean a significant increase in the risk of developing cancer and subsequent death from it.

25.02.2016
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Fat people live longer than skinny ones

Yeast cells with a large amount of fat deposits live longer than "thin" ones, which confirms the so-called obesity paradox, according to which the mortality rate from all causes for overweight people is lower than for slim ones.

25.02.2016
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Anti-aging only for the fair sex

According to recent results, interventions that increase the life expectancy of female individuals can be detrimental to males.

25.02.2016
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Don't confuse correlation with causality

Researchers have refuted the popular opinion that negative emotions, unhappiness and stress lead to diseases. They explained that in this case, cause and effect are simply confused, and poor health makes people feel more unhappy.

10.12.2015
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Thirty Aging Genes

Worms, fish and mice have only 30 common genes that significantly affect the aging process. Disabling one of them increased the average life expectancy of nematodes to 25%.

03.12.2015
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Cancer in the elderly is not an inevitability

An increase in the risk of developing cancer with age is not just a matter of time, but partly depends on changes in tissues associated with inflammation.

13.11.2015
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"Underfed" primates

It has long been known that calorie restriction significantly increases the lifespan of microorganisms and rodents. But whether a person is following their path in this matter still remains one of the main intrigues of the science of aging.

09.11.2015
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-Omics and aging: from biomarkers to systems biology (4)

After decades of simplistic research, specialists began to apply systematic and integrated data analysis "-omik" to the aging process. However, given the complexity of the aging process, new methods are needed to further decipher the numerous interactions.

30.10.2015
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-Omics and aging: from biomarkers to systems biology (3)

Most of the studies mentioned at the beginning of the article are devoted to the identification of two-dimensional associations of age (or age-related diseases) and any of the "-omic" data types. However, there are pronounced mutual dependencies both between and within the various "-omic" data.

30.10.2015
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-Omics and aging: from biomarkers to systems biology (2)

This section of the article provides a brief description of the key results of the application of new technologies for the assessment of various "-omics" for the identification of molecular markers of aging; the focus is on the most recent data.

30.10.2015
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-Omics and aging: from biomarkers to systems biology (1)

The review examines the latest achievements in the use of "-omic" for the identification of biomarkers of aging, analyzes the approaches of systems biology that ensure the integration of data of various types, and explains the need for further developments in this area

26.10.2015
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The liver ages faster than the brain

The authors of the article published in the journal Cell Systems claim: the aging of the body largely depends on the processes that occur over time with each specific type of cells in our body

18.09.2015
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Aging and RNA helicases

The study by Korean scientists has not yet given humanity a cure for and does not promise life extension, but it is an important first step towards a more complete understanding of the life cycle and functions of cells.

27.07.2015
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Age increases the endurance of blood vessels

Experiments on mice have shown that, contrary to traditional beliefs, as the body ages, blood vessels become more resistant to oxidative stress.

23.07.2015