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A new study suggests that the role exercise plays in maintaining insulin and body mass index levels may help protect brain volume and thus help stave off dementia. The research is published in the April 13 online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology (ANN). “These results may help us [...]
Researchers from HSE University in Russia and Northumbria University in the UK have found that knowing a foreign language can slow down and mitigate the course of age-related changes in the human brain. The study was published in Frontiers in Psychology. The human brain begins to perform worse with age: overall information-processing speed decreases, short-term [...]
A new study, led by researchers from the University of California, Irvine (UCI), identifies a reason why older adults are significantly more susceptible to infectious diseases than younger people. Study results also pave the way for new potential therapeutic targets to rejuvenate the immune system in older adults and thereby reduce their risk of infectious [...]
The first study to compare the accumulation of mutations across many animal species has shed new light on decades-old questions about the role of these genetic changes in ageing and cancer. Researchers from the UK's Wellcome Sanger Institute found that despite huge variation in lifespan and size, different animal species end their natural life with [...]
It’s an age-old question: do we – in older age – get better at regulating our emotions? Even responding more positively? The answer, according to a study conducted by UNSW psychologist Susanne Schweizer and colleagues from the University of Cambridge, seems to be ‘yes’. The study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, exposed 249 participants [...]
Genflow Biosciences is a UK-based biotech company working to deliver therapeutics that slow or halt the ageing process in humans and dogs. In January, Genflow became the first-ever longevity company to be listed on the London Stock Exchange. The company is preparing to trials its candidate GF-1002 in patients with Werner syndrome. It is also [...]
Many diseases, including cancer, are associated with ageing and they are becoming more prevalent as life expectancy increases. One of the fields within research into ageing addresses rejuvenation, that is the restoration of the characteristics of younger cells in aged cells or tissues. Headed by ICREA researcher Dr. Manuel Serrano, scientists from the Cellular Plasticity [...]
A recently discovered chemical compound helped elderly mice with obesity lose weight, add muscle and strength, reduce age-related inflammation and increase physical activity, a new study shows. The study, published in the Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, provides the first evidence that BAM15, a mitochondrial uncoupler, prevents sarcopenic obesity, or age-related muscle loss accompanied [...]
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) researchers have discovered the mechanism by which the protein DELE1 detects organelle stress. This offers a possible new approach for treating neurodegenerative diseases. Researchers have long posited a link between dysfunctions in mitochondria, little organelles in the interior of cells, and the ageing process and age-related illnesses, such as Alzheimer’s disease. “Many [...]
Experts have identified for the first time exactly how exercise can lower the risk of getting bowel cancer and slow the growth of tumours. Scientists at Newcastle University have shown that physical activity causes the cancer-fighting protein, interleukin-6 (IL-6), to be released into the bloodstream which helps repair the DNA of damaged cells. The findings, [...]
