Study suggests scientists may need to rethink which genes control aging
Scienmag
JUNE 24, 2021
NIH scientists discover that bacteria may drive activity of many hallmark aging genes in flies Credit: Courtesy of the Giniger lab NIH/NINDS.
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Spinal fluid of people with Alzheimer’s risk gene signals inflammation
Scienmag
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
– People who have a gene variant associated with an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease also tend to have changes in the fluid around their brain and spinal cord that are detectable years before symptoms arise, according to new research from Duke Health. DURHAM, N.C.
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Improved mobility in frail and elderly adults linked to common gene variant
Scienmag
OCTOBER 12, 2020
12, 2020 – Variations in a gene that regulates dopamine levels in the brain may influence the mobility of elderly and frail adults, according to new research from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Credit: Ric Evans/University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, Oct.
Three-nation research to examine relationships between social factors and epigenetics
Scienmag
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
million National Institute on Aging grant to USC’s Eileen Crimmins supports collaboration of large studies in US, Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to answer questions about how life circumstances affect gene expression and health.
Targeting mechanosensitive protein could treat pulmonary fibrosis, study suggests
Scienmag
MARCH 10, 2021
Originally published in Journal of Experimental Medicine. link] Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have identified a new molecular target that could potentially treat the deadly, aging-related lung disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
Researchers identify promising model for studying human aging
Scienmag
JANUARY 14, 2021
There are many components to aging, both mental and physical. When it comes to the infrastructure of the human body – the musculoskeletal system that includes muscles, bones, tendons and cartilage – age-associated decline is inevitable, and the rate of that decline increases the older we get.
The mode of detection of high-risk breast cancers is linked to patient prognosis
Scienmag
OCTOBER 2, 2020
Breast cancers that are detected in the interval between national screening programme mammograms have a worse prognosis than those detected at the time of a screening, even if they have the same biology, according to research presented at the 12th European Breast Cancer Conference on Saturday.
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