Prolonging youth

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Prolonging youth

Methods of immune rejuvenation

There is a lot of information on this issue, and now scientists give an encouraging answer to the question "Is it possible to rejuvenate the immune system?".

10.09.2014
Prolonging youth

Aging can be slowed down with "remote access"

Activation of the AMP-dependent kinase gene in key organ systems of drosophila (in any case, only in the brain or only in the intestine) slows down the aging of the entire organism. At the same time, the life expectancy of flies increased by 30%, and they maintained good health until later in life.

09.09.2014
Prolonging youth

Rejuvenation of the immune system

Scientists from the UK and Spain have studied the relationship between immunity and aging processes, and have also developed special drugs to slow down the aging of cells of the immune system.

25.08.2014
Prolonging youth

Is it time to test medicines for old age on a person?

Scientists are arguing how to solve the problem of aging and prolonging life. Some believe that we already know enough to test anti-aging drugs on humans. Others object that the effect of these substances on the body has not been studied enough.

18.08.2014
Prolonging youth

Oxytocin rejuvenates muscles

Oxytocin, a hormone responsible for maternal instinct, social attachment, uterine contractions during childbirth and sexual arousal, is necessary to maintain healthy and youthful muscle tissue.

17.06.2014
Prolonging youth

Metformin anti-aging: new data

Metformin, the most widely used antidiabetic drug worldwide, slows down the aging process and increases the lifespan of nematodes.

04.06.2014
Prolonging youth

MitoQ rejuvenates the circulatory system

The arteries of mice whose age corresponded to human 70-80 years, after a month's course of the antioxidant MitoQ functioned as well as the arteries of mice whose age corresponded to 25-35 years of human age.

14.05.2014
Prolonging youth

Experimental drug increases the lifespan of mice

Researchers have identified a protein that plays a key role in the process of physiological aging, and have developed an experimental drug that suppresses the activity of this protein.

07.05.2014
Prolonging youth

Blood as a source of youth: new data

Two independent groups of researchers have once again demonstrated the rejuvenating effect of blood components of young mice on the state of the brain and muscle tissue of old animals.

06.05.2014
Prolonging youth

Waiting for the "old age pill"

Brian Kennedy, president of the Buck Institute for Aging Research, told the newspaper.En" about how many drugs against aging humanity will soon have and what principles they may have.

11.04.2014
Prolonging youth

How to rejuvenate an aged thymus gland

With the help of a single genetic switch, it was possible to restore the thymus - thymus gland in old mice, which normally degenerates with age.

10.04.2014
Prolonging youth

Aging markers are needed for testing geroprotectors

Scientists do not want to conduct clinical trials that will take 30 years and wait for the participants of the experiment to die. Therefore, one of the main problems of geneticists today is the lack of good markers of aging to determine the effect of drugs.

08.04.2014
Prolonging youth

To prolong life, you need the right low-calorie diet

Calorie restriction still prolongs life and reduces the likelihood of age-related diseases in primates. At least this turned out to be true for several dozen Rhesus, which were observed for more than 20 years.

02.04.2014
Prolonging youth

Use your head!

People who have worked for a long time in positions where great mental effort was required of them, keep their mind and memory healthy longer after retirement.

27.03.2014
Prolonging youth

Train, Grandma!

To stay in shape, older women need to regularly practice strength exercises, reinforcing them, like real athletes, with meat food.

07.03.2014
Prolonging youth

Craig Venter has joined the Anti-aging Fighters

The ultimate goal of the new Human Longevity company is not to prolong life itself, but to increase the duration of the period during which a person retains good health and can conduct active and highly productive activities.

06.03.2014