by British Medical Journal Mid-life weight gain is linked to an acceleration in the natural decline in lung capacity that comes with ageing, reveals a 20-year study published online in the journal Thorax. But mid-life weight loss is associated with the slowing of this ageing process, emphasising the importance of maintaining a healthy weight, to...
Epigenetic clocks are a topic of considerable interest in the research community. They are perhaps the most promising of the present techniques for assessing biological age, the closest to becoming a useful biomarker of aging. Epigenetic clocks are weighted algorithmic combinations of the DNA methylation status of various sites on the genome, reflecting changes that...
by Melissa Healy But scientists are cataloging far subtler signs of biological aging, evident long before hair is lost and skin starts to crinkle. Most of us think we know what aging looks and feels like. It announces itself with wrinkled skin and gray, thinning hair. It blurs vision, makes joints creaky, and if not...
The pecan is a North American deciduous walnut tree. Its seeds, pecan nuts, are sweeter in flavor than walnuts and are said to be more popular than almonds in the U.S. What deserves attention is the pecan nut’s antioxidant power. It’s said to have more anti-aging effect than the walnut, rapidly gaining it popularity in...
How would we do it? By using viruses as tiny aestheticians A new discovery about the effects of aging in our cells could allow doctors to cure or prevent diabetes, fatty liver disease and other metabolic diseases – and possibly even turn back the clock on aging itself. IMAGE: NEW RESEARCH FROM IRINA M. BOCHKIS, PH.D., OF THE...
IN BRIEF A new study by Lomonosov Moscow State University and Stockholm University focuses on the role of mitochondria in the aging of organisms. According to researchers, the study opens the way to the treatment of aging with mitochondrially targeted antioxidants. FOCUSING ON THE CELL’S POWER HOUSE More and more, scientists are becoming convinced that aging...
Adult stem cells collected directly from human fat are more stable than other cells — such as fibroblasts from the skin — and have the potential for use in anti-aging treatments, according to researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. They made the discovery after developing a new model to...
