Lasting brain impacts from COVID-19 are equivalent to decades of aging

by admin | Oct 20, 2022 | news articles

By Molly Smith – Loma Linda University Health Danilo Vitorovic, MD, a neurologist at Loma Linda University Health, supports claims that severe COVID-19 may age the brain by decades. Brain fog, anxiety, and sleep disturbances are some long-haul COVID-19 symptoms,...

How we’ll transplant tiny organ-like blobs of cells into people

by admin | Oct 19, 2022 | news articles

Miniature organoids are being implanted into animals. Humans are next. By Jessica Hamzelou – MIT Technology Review To the naked eye, organoids aren’t much to look at. They’re basically tiny blobs. Closer inspection reveals their true complexity: these lab-grown...

UCI Alzheimer’s project wins $47 million grant from National Institute on Aging

by admin | Oct 18, 2022 | news articles

Image caption: The UCI research team is directed by (seated, from left) Frank LaFerla, Andrea Tenner and Kim Green. Other investigators include (standing, from left) Marcelo Wood, Arthur Lander, Grant MacGregor, Ian Smith, Vivek Swarup, Craig Stark, Andre Obenaus and...

Longevity breakthrough as scientists discover how to reverse aging in skeletal muscle

by admin | Oct 17, 2022 | news articles

By Stephen Vicinanza – Interesting Engineering Findings show it’s possible to reverse the aging process by overexpressing the NANOG protein University of Buffalo scientists have undertaken a study that shows a process to reverse aging in muscle cells. Aging in...

Cell’s anti-aging structures can set the damage threshold a cancer cell can sustain, study shows

by admin | Oct 16, 2022 | news articles

Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc – News-medical.net A new study led by Claus M. Azzalin, group leader at Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes- iMM and published today in the prestigious scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of...