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France produced 2 of the world’s oldest people: Here’s what the French do differently to stay healthy
by Renée Onque - CNBC Most people are lucky to live to 100, but two women lived far beyond that, joining the ranks of the world’s oldest people — and they’re both from France. Jeanne Calment is believed to be the world’s oldest person on record, gracing the Earth for...
New nanocapsules deliver therapy brain-wide, edit Alzheimer’s gene in mice
By Laura Red Eagle - University of Wisconsin News Gene therapies have the potential to treat neurological disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, but they face a common barrier — the blood-brain barrier. Now, researchers at the University of...
Aging Is Linked to More Activity in Short Genes Than in Long Genes
By Diana Kwon - Scientific American A detailed examination of gene activity in various organisms, including humans, reveals a new hallmark of the aging process Our DNA is made up of genes that vary drastically in size. In humans, genes can be as short as a few hundred...
Aging Parents May Need Your Time Because They Don’t Have Money
by Teresa Ghilarducci - Forbes There is another reason you want to know your parents and siblings genetics and if they have had or of have cardiovascular disease or diabetes. You may want to prepare for the inevitability of your relatives needing your time or money...
Regenerative Medicine Essentials Course and World Stem Cell Summit go LIVE in 2023 at combined event in Winston-Salem, NC, June 5-9, 2023
WINSTON-SALEM, NC, February, 2023 -- The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) and the Regenerative Medicine Foundation (RMF) have announced that the 20th edition of the World Stem Cell Summit will be held in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in...
Surprising protein behavior could improve our understanding of aging
by Roberto Molar Candanosa, Johns Hopkins University Researchers have discovered a surprising anomaly in the behavior of how proteins form, upending long-held assumptions about the way cells produce these crucial molecules and potentially leading to a better...
A review of healthy aging in China, 2000–2019
Abstract In 2021, China became an aged society when the share of its elderly population (age 65 years and above) exceeded 14%. In China, as in other upper-middle-income and high-income countries, life expectancy gains are increasingly concentrated at older ages with...
Scientists Have Reached a Key Milestone in Learning How to Reverse Aging
By Alice Park - Time.com It’s been 13 years in the making, but Dr. David Sinclair and his colleagues have finally answered the question of what drives aging. In a study published Jan. 12 in Cell, Sinclair, a professor of genetics and co-director of the Paul F. Glenn...
How Exercise Preserves Physical Fitness During Aging
by Chloe Meck, Source: Joslin Diabetes Center - Neuroscience.com In a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center investigated the role of one cellular mechanism in improving physical fitness by...
What Are The Different Types Of Aging?
By Amanda Vining - Health Digest Each year on your birthday, you become a year older and celebrate the achievement of a new age. The process of aging is perhaps the most natural and universal experience that everyone across the globe goes through. Whether you age from...
Predictions for the longevity industry in 2023
by Abby Miller Levy - TechCrunch Last year was when we all got the wake-up call about longevity. From major reports published on the impact of longevity by the National Academy of Medicine and McKinsey to every leading newspaper, public discourse highlighted how our...
A New Approach to Halting the Effects of Aging: Boosting Immune Cells Improves Brain Waste Clearance
The findings in mice suggest a new therapeutic approach to treating Alzheimer’s and other age-related diseases. By Washington University School of Medicine - SciTech Daily Many neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, are characterized by the...