Prolonging youth

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Prolonging youth

Shock, awe and suicide

The biggest threat to humans is aging, that is, the slow weakening of the body's functions, inexorably increasing the likelihood of death.

26.12.2017
Prolonging youth

Super Mario and senile dementia

People over 55 years old who played Super Mario 64 for six months had an increased amount of gray matter in the hippocampus.

08.12.2017
Prolonging youth

The Fountain of Eternal Youth (2)

Rejuvenation with the help of "young blood" or its components remains controversial, but a promising area of research in gerontology.

01.12.2017
Prolonging youth

The Source of Eternal Youth (1)

Blood and its derivatives can be used not only in regenerative medicine, but also to reverse the aging process.

28.11.2017
Prolonging youth

How to treat old age with genes

Gene therapy can extend human life to at least 110 years. Biologist Ilya Dukhovlinov may know how to do this.

20.11.2017
Prolonging youth

Useful stress

Mild stress, which reduces the efficiency of mitochondria, can stop the programmed aging processes of the body.

09.11.2017
Prolonging youth

Let's be friends

Strong social ties can stop the process of age-related neurodegeneration and deterioration of cognitive functions in older people.

07.11.2017
Prolonging youth

Immunity and prolongation of youth

A model of the relationship between the activity of the immune system and the process of biological aging of the body is being developed.

01.11.2017
Prolonging youth

The Elixir of Immortality

Professor Kennedy – about whether there is a limit to human life and why the fight against aging is today the main task for all countries of the world.

02.10.2017
Prolonging youth

The work of the drowning themselves

We must do everything possible to develop effective aging therapy as soon as possible. Because otherwise our parents won't live to see such therapy.

19.09.2017
Prolonging youth

How to Beat Aging

Over the past decades, many different approaches have been proposed, and all of them are united only by how ineffective they are.

18.09.2017
Prolonging youth

A new method of prolonging life

The removal of old mitochondria from cells by increasing the expression of the Drp1 protein improved health and prolonged the life of fruit flies.

07.09.2017
Prolonging youth

Why does the skin age?

Exposure to intense sunlight and the inescapable time factor lead to sagging skin, the appearance of wrinkles and pigmentation disorders.

05.09.2017
Prolonging youth

Bone cell hormone restored memory to old mice

An increase in the concentration of the hormone osteocalcin produced by bone cells in the blood reverses the process of age-related memory deterioration.

30.08.2017
Prolonging youth

SENS: Where are we now?

One of the authors of this article had the opportunity to talk to Dr. Aubrey de Gray and ask him one of the most important questions about SENS: where are we now?

30.08.2017
Prolonging youth

Translating the biological clock

Stem cells of mice transferred to a low-calorie diet aged more slowly. But scientists do not recommend repeating this experiment on yourself at home.

29.08.2017
Prolonging youth

Cell therapy extended the life of mice

Rodents, in whose brains biologists introduced new stem cells, aged noticeably slower and lived 19% longer than normal mice.

27.07.2017
Prolonging youth

Harvard is reversing aging

George Church explains the incredible possibilities for the reversal of human aging, which can reach their potential earlier than many expected.

24.07.2017