Prolonging youth

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Prolonging youth

Death in nature has no purpose – only consequences

Today, an active search is underway for a hypothetical "genetic program of death" in humans and ways to cancel it, but at this stage it is difficult to speculate what achievements we will achieve in this area.

11.03.2013
Prolonging youth

How to rejuvenate an old brain

Blocking the genetic switch prevents the maturation of the brain and even allows the adult brain to return to the plastic state characteristic of a young age.

07.03.2013
Prolonging youth

Biorhythmology of mortality

Periods when the probability of death of mice increases sharply alternate with periods of increased resilience. According to the researchers, the proof of this hypothesis in relation to humans would allow people to extend their life to a species maximum of about 105 years.

01.03.2013
Prolonging youth

They live longer in the cold

A decrease in the ambient temperature triggers a cascade of reactions in nematode cells, the ultimate target of which is the "longevity gene" DAF-16/FOXO. A similar mechanism exists in the cells of warm-blooded animals, but whether cold is able to prolong human life is still unknown.

21.02.2013
Prolonging youth

Will nitroglycerin slow down aging?

Nitric oxide, which is involved in many processes in the body, also "conducts" genes associated with protecting cells from stress and aging. Now the well-known nitroglycerin has become another potential geroprotector.

15.02.2013
Prolonging youth

SIRT3 is a potential source of longevity

Overexpression of the SIRT3 gene rejuvenates hematopoietic stem cells of an aging organism by increasing the efficiency of the antioxidant defense system.

01.02.2013
Prolonging youth

Is hydrogen sulfide an anti–aging agent?

Known due to the characteristic smell of rotten eggs, hydrogen sulfide gas can slow down the aging process through a wide range of mechanisms.

30.01.2013
Prolonging youth

Once again about the benefits of a low-calorie diet

Reducing the caloric content of food in mice slows down the shortening of telomeres, prolongs life by 20% and reduces the incidence of cancer and age-related diseases by 40%.

25.01.2013
Prolonging youth

A brief encyclopedia of anti-aging

In recent years, a whole industry has been formed to combat aging, starting from face masks and ending with the latest hardware techniques for rejuvenation at the molecular level.

04.12.2012
Prolonging youth

Reading is the best torment

Any kind of mental activity – reading, writing or intellectual games – will help preserve the structural integrity of the brain of elderly people for many years.

29.11.2012
Prolonging youth

Passport, biological, psychological age…

With the so-called successful aging, not only the biological, but also the psychological age of a person lags behind the chronological one. However, the concept of psychological age is not scientifically developed enough.

23.10.2012
Prolonging youth

Young blood is indeed the source of youth

Transfusion of the blood of young animals to old mice changes the expression of genes in neurons and weakens the symptoms of senile dementia. It remains to find out which of the hundreds of proteins provide this effect.

18.10.2012