VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER IMAGE: JING-QIONG (KATTY) KANG, M.D., PH.D., ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF NEUROLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER. view more CREDIT: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) have identified a common mechanism underlying a spectrum of epilepsy syndromes and neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism, that is caused by variations in a gene...
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Cap-Independent Translation of mRNA as a Common Mechanism of Longevity
Researchers here show that increased levels of cap-independent translation (CIT) of messenger RNA (mRNA) take place in a diverse set of interventions known to modestly slow aging in mice, suggesting it to be a common phenomenon in these shifts of metabolism towards a slower pace of aging. CIT is a process that in part drives the movement of mRNA, produced from genetic...