New drug screening method answers why Alzheimer’s drugs fail, suggests new targets
A new study sheds light on why Alzheimer's drugs so far have been ineffective at curing or reversing the disease. The researchers...
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- Jan 28
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Where did Omicron come from?
The highly transmissible variant emerged with a host of unusual mutations. Now scientists are trying to work out how it evolved. Little...
- Jan 20
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Why the Future of Cryptocurrency Matters for Longevity
A lot of crypto wealth has flowed into longevity coffers. 93% of the world’s money is now digital, held in virtual ledgers across banks...
- Jan 18
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Is 150 years really the limit of the human life span?
While most of us can expect to live to around 80, some people defy expectations and live to be over 100. In places such as Okinawa, Japan...
- Jan 14
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First pig-to-human heart transplant: what can scientists learn?
Surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center transplanted a genetically altered pig heart into David Bennett.Credit: University...
- Jan 11
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How a Common Toothpaste Ingredient Is Triggered To Harm the Gut
A new study conducted in mice demonstrates precisely how triclosan, an antimicrobial found in toothpaste, toys and thousands of other...
- Jan 6
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Silicon Valley Wants Dogs to Live Longer So Humans Can, Too
Illustration: Jack Sachs As the tech industry has matured, people in Silicon Valley have become obsessed with developing ways to stop the...
- Jan 5
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Blood Cells, Blood Stem Cells, and Longevity
I was reading an article in New Scientist about the aging process as it relates to blood stem cells. The article dealt with a woman who...
- Jan 3
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More Sleep – Less Stress!
Want to live longer? There’s evidence that getting enough sleep and handling stress in effective ways are important elements. How Much...
- Dec 23, 2021
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Nature’s 10Ten people who helped shape science in 2021
An Omicron investigator, a Mars explorer and an AI ethics pioneer are some of the people behind the year’s big research stories. The...
- Dec 14, 2021
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Eritrean died aged 127 after joyful life
Patience, generosity and a joyful life are the secrets of a long lifespan, said the grandson of the oldest man in the world who died at 127.
- Dec 12, 2021
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Real-world data show that filters clean COVID-causing virus from air
An inexpensive type of portable filter efficiently screened SARS-CoV-2 and other disease-causing organisms from hospital air.
- Dec 10, 2021
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Natural сompound in basil may protect against Alzheimer’s disease
Fenchol, a naturally occurring compound found in basil appears to have neuroprotective effects against Alzheimer's disease.
- Dec 10, 2021
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Body muscle gain and markers of cardiovascular disease susceptibility in young adulthood
Compaing associations of early life changes in body lean mass and handgrip strength vs. body fat mass with atherogenic traits in the young.
- Dec 9, 2021
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Increased somatic mutation burdens in normal human cells due to defective DNA polymerases
Mutation accumulation in somatic cells contributes to cancer development and is proposed as a cause of aging.
- Dec 9, 2021
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Obesity treatment: weight loss vs. increasing fitness and physical activity to reduce health risks
Alternative approaches to treating obesity and associated comorbidities have been proposed wherein weight loss is not the primary endpoint.
- Dec 7, 2021
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The next generation of data-driven healthcare is here
In the past years we've seen a wave of technological innovation and medical breakthroughs that have transformed the course of human life.
- Dec 7, 2021
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Cell‐free mitochondrial DNA as a potential biomarker for astronauts' health
Cell‐free mitochondrial DNA abundance may be a biomarker of immune response to microgravity, radiation and other factors during space flight
- Dec 7, 2021
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Infrared light improves memory in pilot clinical trial on healthy individuals
Photobiomodulation therapy may provide a promising new approach to improve memory function in healthy middle-aged people.
- Dec 6, 2021
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Lowering blood insulin levels could lower your risk of getting COVID-19
Keeping blood insulin levels within healthy parameters is a daily goal for people with diabetes, it may even lower the risk of getting COVID