Prolonging youth

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Prolonging youth

Rejuvenating Video Games: Another controversial experiment

After two weeks of playing, the ability to solve several tasks at once in people aged 60-85 reaches the level of untrained twentysomethings. However, the data obtained do not answer the question: can this method prolong active life?

05.09.2013
Prolonging youth

Polyamines against senile dementia

The addition of two polyamines to the diet of drosophila – spermidine and putrescine – prevents age-related memory deterioration. The researchers believe that their results can be transferred to humans with some caution.

02.09.2013
Prolonging youth

Do statins slow down aging?

Researchers from the University of Naples have shown that statins – drugs widely used to lower cholesterol levels in the blood – are able to slow down the aging process by reducing the rate of telomere shortening.

02.09.2013
Prolonging youth

No, life is not over at 31…

Maybe it's really time to get used to the fact that, as Katerina Tikhomirova said in the film "Moscow does not believe in tears", "life is just beginning at 40"?

30.08.2013
Prolonging youth

A new approach to protecting the skin from aging

It was found that it is possible to reduce the intensity of age-related skin changes and improve wound healing processes by inhibiting the activity of the enzyme 11beta-HSD1.

23.08.2013
Prolonging youth

"Non–growing children" - the key to stopping aging?

If it is possible to isolate a damaged gene from patients, in addition to many unpleasant consequences that look decades younger than biological age, it can be used as a target for drugs that slow down aging.

20.08.2013
Prolonging youth

An old age pill: the search continues

One of the most famous scientists in the world in the field of aging and life expectancy, Professor Robert Rees, who extended the life of nematodes tenfold, tells about the development of medicines for prolonging life.

26.06.2013
Prolonging youth

How to protect neurons from degeneration?

Scientists were able not only to confirm that reducing the amount of calories consumed slows down the degeneration of neurons, but also to show that drugs that activate the enzyme sirtuin-1 cause the same effect.

23.05.2013
Prolonging youth

Take care of your skin from a young age

The reasons why our skin loses freshness, tone and elasticity over time can be divided into three main categories: biological aging, environmental impact and mechanical aging.

21.05.2013
Prolonging youth

Anti-aging therapy and eye drops

One of the most promising projects in the field of anti-aging therapy is being successfully implemented by Russian scientists.

16.05.2013
Prolonging youth

Young blood for an old heart

The blood of the young mouse entered the circulatory system of the old mouse for 4 weeks, after which the hypertrophied heart of the "old lady" decreased in size and outwardly began to resemble the heart of a young rodent.

15.05.2013
Prolonging youth

Biogerontology for dummies

Biogerontology is a very broad field of knowledge that studies the processes of aging and the mechanisms of combating it. It includes many other branches of science, such as regenerative medicine, various intracellular processes and processes occurring at the body level.

19.04.2013
Prolonging youth

The only reliable remedy for senile dementia

The analysis of a vast array of data has refuted the widespread opinion that medications, vitamins, dietary supplements and physical activity slow down the age-related deterioration of cognitive function. The only effective means are mental exercises.

16.04.2013
Prolonging youth

Academician Vladimir Skulachev: "We forced the body not to age"

To help a person cope with senile eye diseases, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences V.Skulachev needed 10 years, tens of millions of dollars and young scientists, whom he returned from abroad.

10.04.2013
Prolonging youth

How metformin Slows down aging and Cancer progression

The action of metformin as a hero- and oncoprotector is based on blocking the synthesis of pro-inflammatory cytokines, an excess of which contributes to the development of pathological inflammatory reactions and malignant tumors.

09.04.2013
Prolonging youth

Fish is especially useful for elderly people

Fish and seafood lovers are 30% less likely to die from heart attacks and other diseases compared to other elderly people, so they live on average 2.2 years longer.

02.04.2013
Prolonging youth

Greek coffee – the secret to a long life?

The secret of longevity may be much simpler than we think. It is quite possible that it lies in the morning portion of properly prepared coffee.

21.03.2013