Researchers discover powerful defense against free radicals that cause aging, disease
Free radicals cause cell damage and death, aging and disease, and scientists have sought new ways to repel them for years.
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Free radicals cause cell damage and death, aging and disease, and scientists have sought new ways to repel them for years.
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Factors regulating the biological age of a transplanted kidney (miles on the clock ) as opposed to the chronological age (calendar years) are key to determining how well it will work after transplantation, a new study has ...
Jan 14, 2016
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Now a simple blood test can reveal your biological age—how old your body really is. This was found in a new study from Uppsala University, the results of which are now being published in the open-access journal Scientific ...
Dec 1, 2015
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Researchers from The University of Queensland have helped identify nearly 1,500 genes associated with ageing that could lead to new health treatments.
Oct 23, 2015
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Smoking has been shown to have drastic consequences for lifespan and disease progression, and it has been suggested that cigarette exposure may impact the risk of death and disease via its acceleration of the aging process. ...
Sep 9, 2015
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A collaborative research team involving scientists at King's College London, and funded in part by Alzheimer's Research UK and the Medical Research Council (MRC), has discovered a panel of molecular markers that may be able ...
Sep 7, 2015
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A study has confirmed what many of us have been saying for years: age is nothing but a number. The researchers developed a method to determine the pace of ageing in individuals by looking at a range of biomarkers – including ...
Jul 7, 2015
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Looking around at a 20th high school reunion, you might notice something puzzling about your classmates. Although they were all born within months of each other, these 38-year-olds appear to be aging at different rates.
Jul 6, 2015
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In a new University of Kentucky study published today in Cell Reports, a leading scientific journal in cell biology, researchers describe a new molecular mechanism that contributes to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) ...
Jun 11, 2015
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A new UCLA study is the first to demonstrate that Down syndrome accelerates aging in different parts of the body. The researchers showed that the biological age of brain tissue from someone with Down syndrome appeared 11 ...
Feb 19, 2015
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