Theories of aging

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Theories of aging

What does the aging clock show?

A Russian scientist has developed a new theory that fundamentally changes the approach to aging processes and methods of combating it.

27.11.2019
Theories of aging

The Mysteries of Aging

The term "aging" still has no clear scientific definition, and its causes number from 300 and above.

25.10.2019
Theories of aging

Why are we getting old?

This article contains the theories of aging that are relevant today.

03.10.2019
Theories of aging

Another mechanism of aging

A group of Russian cytologists and gerontologists has identified a pattern that clarifies the cellular mechanisms of aging.

03.09.2019
Theories of aging

Treat not old age, but diseases?

The problem of aging takes the resources and mental efforts of humanity far away from the problems and solutions of real human longevity.

18.07.2019
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To know the body measure

How is the biological age of a person determined today and what does machine learning have to do with it.

08.07.2019
Theories of aging

Causes of aging

Biogerontology specialist David James on different hypotheses of aging, classification of diseases and the role of genes in the aging process.

28.06.2019
Theories of aging

Smaller, slower, deeper

Long-lived animals grow up for a long time, hide in cold dark corners and are in no hurry to reproduce. What about the man?

28.05.2019
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Transcriptome of aging

Analysis of transcriptomes of long-lived and common nematodes showed that 71 genes contribute to biological age.

23.05.2019
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A new cause of aging

One of the causes of aging are retrotransposons LINE1 – DNA regions that can move and multiply within the genome.

13.03.2019
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What Worms Know about Aging

A unified model of metabolic flow in the worm C.elegans allowed us to study the relationship between metabolism and aging processes.

11.02.2019
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Autophagy and aging

The mechanism of autophagy – the processing of damaged or unnecessary structures and molecules in cells – is involved in almost every aspect of aging.

08.02.2019
Theories of aging

The TAO of Aging

Stress triggers cell aging through the production of reactive oxygen species with the participation of the enzyme DAO (D-amino acid oxidase).

31.01.2019
Theories of aging

A vicious circle

The theory proposed by MIPT scientists will make it possible to create new drugs for common ailments of older people.

29.01.2019
Theories of aging

Take care of your fire

The same programs work in the old body as in the young one, just too long their work leads to disastrous results.

10.07.2018
Theories of aging

KLF protein and aging

An increase in the concentration of proteins of one of the families of transcription factors increases the life expectancy of roundworms and mice.

16.10.2017
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Delayed aging

In naked diggers, the activity of a number of proteins that work intensively in rodents with a short lifespan decreases with age.

09.10.2017
Theories of aging

Aging and autophagy

"Switching off" the genes that initiate the autophagy process allows nematodes to live longer than worms whose genome has not been altered.

26.09.2017