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Novel Assay Finds New Mechanism Underlying Red Blood Cell Ageing

September 24, 2021
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Boca Raton, FL — Red blood cells are the most abundant cell type in blood, carrying oxygen throughout the human body. In blood circulation, they repetitively encounter various levels of oxygen tension....

Scientists Reveal How the Impact of Chemotherapy on Healthy Cells Affects the Development of Blood Cells

September 16, 2021
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Barcelona, Spain — Some types of chemotherapy eliminate cancer cells by damaging their DNA. These drugs can also affect healthy cells, where the damage can generate mutations that persist after the...

Fountain of Youth for Ageing Stem Cells in Bone Marrow

September 15, 2021
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Munich, Germany — As we age, our bones become thinner, we suffer fractures more often, and bone-diseases such as osteoporosis are more likely to occur. One responsible mechanism involves the impaired...

Ageing: It’s more Complicated than We Thought

September 10, 2021
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Novato, CA — Every cell in the body goes through thousands of chemical reactions each day, and each reaction involves tiny protein molecules folded into precise shapes to perform their functions. Misfolded...

The Risk of Developing a Disease Linked to Genetics Tends to Decrease with Age

September 1, 2021
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Seoul, Republic of Korea — People often get sicker as they grow older, but new research from Gil McVean of the University of Oxford and colleagues finds that the impact of a person’s genes on...

Research Identifies Potential Role of ‘Junk DNA’ Sequence in Ageing, Cancer

July 28, 2021
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Pullman, WA — The human body is essentially made up of trillions of living cells. It ages as its cells age, which happens when those cells eventually stop replicating and dividing. Scientists have...

Cells Combating a Deadly Lung Disease

July 21, 2021
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Nagoya, Japan — Single-cell RNA sequencing has revealed a subset of cells that could provide protection from a rare, but severely debilitating and fatal, lung disease. The findings were published by...

Castration Delays DNA Ageing

July 8, 2021
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Seattle, WA — Most of us are familiar with the fact that women live longer than men. But fellas, if we told you there was one thing that could be done to increase your lifespan, would you do it? In...

Exposure to Pollutants, Increased Free-Radical Damage Speeds Up Ageing

June 22, 2021
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Morgantown, WV — Every day, our bodies face a bombardment of UV rays, ozone, cigarette smoke, industrial chemicals and other hazards. This exposure can lead to free-radical production in our bodies,...

Researchers Dig Deeper into How Cells Transport Their Waste for Recycling

June 21, 2021
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La Jolla, CA — Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys have gained a deeper insight into the intricacies of autophagy, the process in which cells degrade and recycle cellular components. The findings,...

Convergent Mechanism of Ageing Discovered

June 17, 2021
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Munich, Germany — Several different causes of ageing have been discovered, but the question remains whether there are common underlying mechanisms that determine ageing and lifespan. Researchers from...

New Model of Alzheimer’s Progression

June 15, 2021
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Phoenix, AZ — Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia and is characterized by neurodegeneration in regions of the brain involved in memory and learning. Amyloid beta and tau are...

High Genetic Running Capacity Promotes Efficient Metabolism with Ageing

June 15, 2021
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Jyväskylä, Finland — High running capacity is associated with health and longevity. However, whether high genetic running capacity promotes more efficient metabolism with ageing is not known. A new...

Rapamycin Changes the Way Our DNA is Stored

June 11, 2021
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Munich, Germany — Our genetic material is stored in our cells in a specific way to make the meter-long DNA molecule fit into the tiny cell nucleus of each body cell. An international team of researchers...

Ageing Impairs Anti-Tumour T-Cell Response via Mitochondria Dysfunction

June 7, 2021
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Charleston, SC — MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers are finding solutions to the ageing-related changes that reduce anti-cancer immunity. Dr. Besim Ogretmen, and colleagues found a novel link...

New Study Shows How to Boost Muscle Regeneration and Rebuild Tissue

May 26, 2021
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La Jolla, CA — One of the many effects of ageing is loss of muscle mass, which contributes to disability in older people. To counter this loss, scientists at the Salk Institute are studying ways to...

Chronic Attack on the Ageing Nervous System

May 5, 2021
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Würzburg, Germany — Ageing is the biggest risk factor for perturbation of the nervous system, even in the absence of distinct disease or trauma. For yet unknown reasons, the impulse conducting, myelinated...

Chaperone Protein Imbalance Promotes Toxic Tau Buildup in Ageing Brain

April 21, 2021
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Tampa, FL — Chaperone protein imbalance can play a significant role in initiating toxic accumulation of tau in the ageing brain – an early step in the development of Alzheimer’s disease...

Leg muscle action assists blood flow independently of age

April 19, 2021
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Ishikawa, Japan — Chronic lower-limb edema (CLE) — the permanent accumulation of fluid in the leg — often occurs in elderly people. The condition leads to various physical and mental problems,...

Neural Stem Cells Age Rapidly, Study Reveals

April 13, 2021
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Los Angeles, CA — In a new study published in Cell Stem Cell, a team led by USC Stem Cell scientist Dr. Michael Bonaguidi, demonstrates that neural stem cells – the stem cells of the nervous...

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