Gerontology

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Telomeres and radicals

Under the action of free radicals on telomeres, they began to "deteriorate", chromosomes began to stick together, and when cells tried to divide, they died.

15.05.2019
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Portrait of a mysterious killer

What fateful combination of circumstances made Alzheimer's disease our enemy No. 1 and is it a disease in our usual understanding.

14.05.2019
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Watch your nose!

Deterioration of the sense of smell may indicate dangerous age-related diseases and an increased risk of death.

30.04.2019
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Life expectancy and sirtuin 6

The increase in life expectancy in some animals is associated with the efficiency of this protein involved in the "repair" of DNA.

24.04.2019
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The secret of their longevity

Japanese longevity was explained by breaks in DNA: they turned out to be a barrier to harmful cell mutations in old age

23.04.2019
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Alarm bells

Elderly people who are not alert to fraud may be at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.

18.04.2019
Prolonging youth

Two more geroprotectors?

These substances are already being tested as anti-cancer drugs, and in the light of new data, they should also be tested as "anti-aging pills".

15.04.2019
Prolonging youth

Treat aging, not disease

Life Biosciences employees are not looking for new treatments for the main causes of death, but are investigating the fundamental causes of aging.

11.04.2019
Prolonging youth

Dry cleaning for the brain

Stanford researchers have found a way to "fix" the brain's purification system from metabolic waste and waste proteins.

05.04.2019
Prolonging youth

Calories and chronic inflammation

A new life extension mechanism has been discovered that links calorie restriction with the regulation of the immune system.

05.04.2019
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The benefits of competition

Scientists have found a protein that simultaneously helps cells compete with each other and keeps the skin young.

04.04.2019
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Methylation and the aging clock

We will be able to effectively test anti-aging therapy methods only when we find an objective way to measure the rate of aging.

01.04.2019
Prolonging youth

One and a half times longer

American researchers have found that an inhibitor of one of the enzymes prolongs the life of roundworms by 45 percent.

28.03.2019
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Estradiol and longevity

In older men, whose cells age relatively slowly, a high level of the female sex hormone precursor was found.

26.03.2019
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Microflora ages the arteries

Age-related changes in the bacterial composition of the aging intestine lead to the synthesis of compounds that cause inflammation of the vascular walls.

21.03.2019
Theories of aging

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
Prolonging youth

Sarcopenia pill

In old mice, a seven–day course of treatment increased muscle strength by 70%, and the size of muscle fibers doubled.

19.02.2019
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Inflammation and memory

People with chronic inflammation in middle age may have problems with thinking and memory in old age.

18.02.2019
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The clock of aging

A section of ribosomal DNA with a length of only 13 thousand base pairs was enough to determine the age.

18.02.2019