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Anti-aging protein

The rate of brain aging largely depends on the effectiveness of the ADORA2B protein. Therefore, scientists have called it an "anti-aging protein".

18.06.2021
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Nonlinear methylation

Reconstruction of individual DNA methylation trajectories has shown that this process is most often uneven and it is no coincidence.

10.06.2021
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Stability limit

It is impossible to noticeably prolong life without stopping the aging process, which remains the main cause of the loss of physiological stability.

26.05.2021
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Brain and interval fasting

After three months of intermittent fasting, female mice improved long-term memory and increased the number of cells in the hippocampus.

25.05.2021
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Genes of super - long - livers

Sequencing of the genomes of "superstars" revealed unique features associated with protective processes, including DNA repair.

11.05.2021
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Better sleep – better sex

Lack of sleep and its poor quality negatively affect the quality of sexual life of women during menopause.

27.04.2021
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How muscles age

Scientists have compiled a comprehensive scheme of muscle aging in mice, which can be used to find treatments for sarcopenia in the elderly.

26.04.2021
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Effectiveness of senolytics

American scientists have discovered a non-invasive biomarker of the death of aged cells of the body.

05.04.2021
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Baldness is reversible

Chronic stress leads to hair loss, but the supply of stem cells in the follicles is not depleted.

02.04.2021
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Zero point: the search continues

Biologists from Harvard measured the epigenetic age in human and mouse embryos and found that it changes non-linearly during development.

25.03.2021
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Telomeres and kidney fibrosis

Kidney fibrosis is associated with telomere shortening; if telomeres are restored, damage to kidney tissue can be reversed.

18.03.2021
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Rapamycin – only for healthy

Rapamycin does not prolong the life of mice with accelerated aging caused by DNA repair disorders and telomerase gene knockout.

11.03.2021
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Demyelination ages the brain

The loss of myelin due to a decrease in the number of oligodendrocytes is probably the main factor in brain aging.

11.03.2021
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Scientific biohacking

Making youth come true is a very big dream. But before turning to the question of youth, it is very difficult to avoid the question of old age.

09.03.2021
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Transcriptomic Aging Clock

For the first time, German biologists managed to create a method for accurately determining biological age by gene expression.

04.03.2021
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A dead end on the road to immortality?

Telomeres are often talked about as a kind of secret of longevity, which can add one or two decades to our life. Is it so?

01.03.2021
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FOXO3 – defender of neurons

The results of the study help explain why certain versions of the FOXO3 gene are associated with an extremely long and healthy life.

20.02.2021
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Immunity without memory

The "short memory" of immunity can protect long-lived Middle Eastern blind people from the development of inflammation and autoimmune reactions.

17.02.2021