by Pasteur Institute Ageing is a dramatic public health issue in the face of the current demographic changes: the proportion of 60 and over in the world’s population will almost double by 2050. In this context, a new discovery has just broadened scientific knowledge. Researchers from the Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Department at the...
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Scientists reverse aging-associated skin wrinkles and hair loss in a mouse model
A gene mutation causes wrinkled skin and hair loss; turning off that mutation restores the mouse to normal appearance UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Wrinkled skin and hair loss are hallmarks of aging. What if they could be reversed? IMAGE: THE MOUSE IN THE CENTER PHOTO SHOWS AGING-ASSOCIATED SKIN WRINKLES AND HAIR LOSS...
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Two Important Signalling Pathways in Cancer And Ageing Are Connected for the First Time
The structure of proteins that protect telomeres (shelterin proteins, from “protective shield”) are promising targets to combat cancer but to date there has been no effective form for attacking them. In the absence of drugs that destroy telomeres, cancer retains one of its most terrible properties, which is the ability of its cells to perpetually...
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