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June 10, 2024

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Gut Microbes from Aged Mice Induce Inflammation in Young Mice, Study Finds

June 10, 2024 — When scientists transplanted the gut microbes of aged mice into young 'germ-free' mice -- raised to have no gut microbes of their own -- the recipient mice experienced an increase in inflammation that parallels inflammatory processes associated with ...

June 4, 2024 — A research team using a fruit fly model has discovered that even very mild, non-lethal head injuries early in life can lead to neurodegenerative conditions later in life upon ...

Searchable Database for Alzheimer's Research

June 6, 2024 — A searchable database is now ready to help study Alzheimer's disease. Neuroscience and biomedical informatics researchers have created the comprehensive, user-friendly ...

First-of-Its-Kind Test Can Predict Dementia Up to Nine Years Before Diagnosis

June 6, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new method for predicting dementia with over 80% accuracy and up to nine years before a diagnosis. The new method provides a more accurate way to predict dementia than ...

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Innovative Combination Therapy Shows Promise for Bladder Cancer Patients Unresponsive to Standard Treatment

June 6, 2024 — In an advance that could improve bladder cancer treatment, a novel combination of cretostimogene grenadenorepvec and pembrolizumab has shown ...

Cracking the Aging Code: Insights Into Lipid Changes

June 3, 2024 — Researchers have discovered numerous age-related changes in the lipid metabolism of mice, across both organs and sexes. Among these changes was the selective accumulation, throughout the body, of ...

Rare Disease's DNA-Damaging Mutation Could Have Consequences for More Common Conditions

June 4, 2024 — In their pursuit to discover the mechanism behind how RVCL does its damage, researchers found some clues to the DNA damage theory of ...

Heart Healthy Behaviors May Help Reverse Rapid Cell Aging

May 29, 2024 — The benefits gained with higher lifestyle scores may be associated with the positive influence of heart disease risk factors on the aging of the body and its cells, finds a new study in the Journal ...

Altering Cellular Interactions Around Amyloid Plaques May Offer Novel Alzheimer's Treatment Strategies

May 27, 2024 — Researchers made a significant breakthrough in Alzheimer's disease research by identifying a novel way to potentially slow down or even halt disease ...

Scientists Uncover New Molecular Drivers of Alzheimer's

May 22, 2024 — At least 5.8 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer's disease, which is the most common form of dementia. There is no cure for Alzheimer's, in part because scientists do not yet have a ...

Climbing the Social Ladder May Slow Dementia

May 21, 2024 — Researchers analyzed data from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study and found that socioeconomic status (SES) transitions affect dementia risk. Specifically, upward SES mobility is greater ...

Food for Thought: Study Links Key Nutrients With Slower Brain Aging

May 21, 2024 — A new study suggests better nutrition might help prevent cognitive decline. Working with a group of 100 cognitively healthy participants aged 65 to 75, a research team combined neuroscience with ...

Naturally Occurring Substance in Pomegranates Can Improve Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease

May 22, 2024 — A substance naturally occurring in i.a. pomegranates, strawberries and walnuts can improve memory and treatment of Alzheimer's disease, a new study ...

Study Offers New Detail on How COVID-19 Affects the Lungs

May 20, 2024 — New research shows that ferroptosis, a form of cell death, occurs in severe COVID-19 patient lungs. Stopping it improves ...

The Vicious Cycle of Protein Clumping in Alzheimer's Disease and Normal Aging

May 16, 2024 — To date, approaches to treatments for Alzheimer's disease have not addressed the contribution of protein insolubility as a general phenomenon, instead focusing on one or two insoluble proteins. ...

Research Sheds Light on How Proteins Linked to Alzheimer's Disease Influence Neuronal Growth

May 15, 2024 — New research has shed light in the complex interplay between cell proteins, and how they impact on neurons in neurodevelopmental disorders and Alzheimer's ...

Alzheimer's Disease Without Symptoms: How Is That Possible?

May 15, 2024 — Everyone experiences aging in their own way, and factors such as genetics, lifestyle and environment play a role in this process. Some individuals reach the age of 90 or even 100 in good health, ...

Study Links Sleep Apnea Severity During REM Stage to Verbal Memory Decline

May 14, 2024 — A research team has revealed the link between the frequency of sleep apnea events during the rapid-eye-movement stage and the severity of verbal memory impairment in older adults at risk for ...

Genes Driving Age-Related Blood Cell Mutations Uncovered

May 14, 2024 — New research identifies a larger pool of genes involved in clonal haematopoiesis than previously thought, and their implications for disease and diagnostic ...

Some Brain Cells Age Faster and Are More Prevalent in Alzheimer's

May 14, 2024 — Engineers have discovered that some brain cells age more rapidly than others, and they are disproportionately abundant in individuals afflicted with Alzheimer's disease. Additionally, ...

Distinct Population of 'Troublemaker' Platelet Cells Appear With Aging, Lead to Blood Clotting, Disease

May 14, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a distinct, secondary population of platelets that appears with aging and have hyperreactive behavior and unique molecular properties, which could make them easier to ...

Discrimination May Accelerate Aging

May 9, 2024 — Discrimination may speed up the biological processes of aging, according to a new ...

How Biological Aging Clocks Tick

May 9, 2024 — Aging clocks can measure the biological age of humans with high precision. Biological age can be influenced by environmental factors such as smoking or diet, thus deviating from the chronological age ...

Who Should Receive Preventive Treatment for TB? Individuals of All Ages With Positive Skin or Blood Test

May 8, 2024 — Researcher found that exposed individuals with confirmed TB infection -- i.e. a positive skin or blood test -- should receive priority treatment in settings with a low prevalence of the disease, ...

Damaging Impact of Heat Waves on Vital Organs

May 8, 2024 — Researchers have found evidence of the molecular causes of the damaging impact heat stress causes on the gut, liver and brain in the elderly. These findings point to the potential of developing ...

Could Getting Enough Sleep Help Prevent Osteoporosis?

May 7, 2024 — In people's early- to mid-20s, they reach what is called peak bone mineral density, which is higher for men than it is for women, according to researchers. This peak is one of the main ...

How E. Coli Get the Power to Cause Urinary Tract Infections

May 3, 2024 — New research examines how the bacteria Escherichia coli, or E. coli -- responsible for most UTIs -- is able to use host nutrients to reproduce at an extraordinarily rapid pace during infection ...

Small Molecule Shows Early-Stage Promise for Repairing Myelin Sheath Damage

May 2, 2024 — A breakthrough study appears to overcome difficulties that have long frustrated previous attempts to reverse a form of nerve damage that robs people with MS of motor control and gradually blunts ...

Uncovering the Secret of Long-Lived Stem Cells

Apr. 30, 2024 — Researchers have discovered that the enzyme cyclophilin A, which is produced in large amounts in hematopoietic stem cells, is key for these cells to retain their regenerative potential and avert the ...

The Aspirin Conundrum: Navigating Negative Results, Age, Aging Dynamics and Equity

Apr. 29, 2024 — A new study examining the role of aspirin in breast cancer treatment reveals critical issues related to health equity and aging that have broad implications for cancer and other disease intervention ...

People With Rare Longevity Mutation May Also Be Protected from Cardiovascular Disease

Apr. 26, 2024 — Patients with growth hormone receptor deficiency, or Laron syndrome, appear to have lower than average risk factors for cardiovascular disease, according to a new ...

RNA Modification Is Responsible for the Disruption of Mitochondrial Protein Synthesis in Alzheimer's Disease

Apr. 25, 2024 — A team of researchers has identified a mechanism that causes mitochondrial dysfunction in Alzheimer's patients resulting in a reduction of the supply of energy to the ...

Good Heart Health in Middle Age May Preserve Brain Function Among Black Women as They Age

Apr. 24, 2024 — Cognitive decline among Black women linked to poor heart health in middle ...

Wake Up and Die: Human Brain Neurons Re-Entering the Cell Cycle Age Quickly Shift to Senescence

Apr. 23, 2024 — Post-mitotic neurons in the brain that re-enter the cell cycle quickly succumb to senescence, and this re-entry is more common in Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study. The phenomenon ...