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The key to a healthy old age

With an overall increase in life expectancy, people who have not received an education after graduation live longer with poor health.

13.11.2019

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Double Alzheimer's screening

A preserved sense of smell combined with high cognitive test results indicate an almost complete absence of the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.

30.10.2019

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Let the neurons rest

The level of neural activity affects life expectancy. A key role in this is played by a protein called REST ("rest").

18.10.2019

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Mitochondrial theory in question

Finnish biologists have discovered the cause of aging in mice whose DNA in mitochondria mutates faster than usual.

08.10.2019

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Telomeres and the brain

When the length of telomeres in human chromosomes changes with age, this is reflected in the gray matter in the cerebral cortex.

01.10.2019

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Aging and thrombosis

Scientists from the Buck Institute have identified 44 proteins associated with cellular aging that are involved in blood clotting.

25.09.2019

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Poverty accelerates aging

If a person has lived below the poverty line for four years, then mentally and physically he will grow old before those who were more lucky with money.

19.09.2019

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Senile obesity

With age, lipid metabolism slows down in human adipose tissue, which leads to problems with excess weight.

10.09.2019

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Negligible aging in amphibians

A 20-year study of populations of three species of salamanders has led to an amazing discovery: salamanders do not age at all.

04.09.2019

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Not just stem cells

The softening of the intercellular matrix restored youth to the nerve stem cells of rodents.

29.08.2019

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Aging and nucleotide synthesis

Scientists conducted an experiment with young cells – forced them to stop producing nucleotides. As a result, the cells began to wither.

26.07.2019

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Age is a hindrance to autophagy

Failures in autophagy processes caused by cell aging can be the cause of the development of many neurodegenerative diseases.

24.07.2019

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Old men, robbers

Imagine that old age and cancer, like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, are not complete opposites, but the same thing.

22.07.2019

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Live longer or healthier?

The organism of long-lived nematodes coped with stress worse than worms deprived of one of the "longevity genes" – tcep-1.

18.07.2019

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Why Alzheimer's Loves Old Age

Tau protein spreads more easily in the brain of older people, so the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease increases with age.

10.07.2019

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Size doesn't matter

Instead of telomere length, Spanish scientists suggest using another indicator – the rate of telomere shortening.

09.07.2019

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Lymphocytes inhibit neurogenesis

Immune cells prevent neurons from multiplying in aging mice. Perhaps that is why mental abilities decrease with age.

04.07.2019

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Individual approach to brain aging

A new model for studying age-related cognitive decline is based on taking into account individual characteristics of a person.

20.06.2019

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Turning age: details

After 50 years, the molecular mechanism that resists age-related changes turns off. Is it possible and necessary to turn it on again?

19.06.2019

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About the female age

Genetics plays an important role in determining the age of menopause and overall life expectancy.

14.06.2019