Aging is a complex and intraindividual process, usually defined as a time-dependent progressive loss of the individual’s physiological integrity, which eventually leads to deteriorated physical function. The accumulated molecular and cellular damage across an individual’s life span often leads to age-associated pathological conditions and thus makes them more prone to disease and death. Despite hundreds […]
Aging is a natural biological process that affects every cell in our bodies, resulting in various age-related pathologies, and finally the death of each multicellular organism. It is a complicated and multifactorial process, in which different mechanisms participate, including mitochondrial dysfunction, lysosome processing, endoplasmic reticulum stress, genomic instability, telomere attrition, epigenetic alterations, stem cell exhaustion, […]
Selenium is an essential trace mineral found in soil, water, and some foods. It is an important factor in many body processes. Studies have suggested that it has anti-aging properties and may even protect against age-related diseases. This mineral is naturally present in the body, it gets stored in muscle tissue, though the thyroid is […]
Researchers from the Braham Institute have developed a method to “time jump” human skin cells by 30 years, turning back the aging clock for cells without losing their specialized function. The team was able to partly restore the function of older cells, as well as rejuvenating the molecular measures of biological age. The study was […]
In a new study, researchers altered a method by which they reversed the signs of aging in mice, and did so over a longer period of time. They safely reversed various signs of aging in the mice. The results appear in the journal Nature Aging. Currently, 16% of the United States population is 65 years […]
The factors responsible for increasing length of life are not well understood. Identifying effective interventions to increase lifespan remains a challenge. Clues to unravel the mystery of longevity come from factors identified as contributors to the biology of the aging process such as elevated oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction. The elevated oxidative stress is toxic […]
Having an advanced age is the largest risk factor for impairde mental and physical function and many non-communicable diseases including cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. DNA methylation is the addition of a methyl group to cytosine residues at selective areas on a chromosome. This process can readily and cheaply be mapped […]
In a recently published study scientists at the Salk Institute, in collaboration with Genentech, a member of the Roche group, have shown that they can safely and effectively reverse the aging process in middle-aged and elderly mice by partially resetting their cells to more youthful states. As we age, both our external appearance and health […]
What is Plantar Fasciitis? Plantar fasciitis (PF) is one of the most common causes of heel pain. It involves inflammation of a thick band of tissue that runs across the bottom of each foot and connects the heel bone to the toes (plantar fascia). It commonly causes a stabbing pain that usually occurs with your […]
This is a question that remains the subject of debate to this day. A French philosopher and mathematician Nicolas de Condorcet asked in the late 18th century: “No doubt man will not become immortal”, “but cannot the span constantly increase between the moment he begins to live and the time when naturally, without illness or […]