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Scientists Propose New Model for Alzheimer's Disease (Podcast)
Feb 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A study from the Buck Institute for Age Research offers a revolutionary new model for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), a devastating neurodegenerative disorder which afflicts 24 million people worldwide. In an effort ...
New study on antioxidants shows mixed results for life extension
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Sep 30, 2008 |
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First the good news: a study by scientists at the Buck Institute for Age Research shows four common antioxidants extended lifespan in the nematode worm C. elegans. And the not such good news: those four were among 40 antioxidants ...
'Anti-Atkins' low protein diet extends lifespan in flies
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Flies fed an "anti-Atkins" low protein diet live longer because their mitochondria function better. The research, done at the Buck Institute for Age Research, shows that the molecular mechanisms responsible for the lifespan ...
DNA-damaged cells communicate with neighbors to let them know they're in trouble
Jul 13, 2009 |
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When cells experiencing DNA damage fail to repair themselves, they send a signal to their neighbors letting them know they're in trouble. The discovery, which shows that a process dubbed the DDR (DNA Damage Response) also ...
Biomarkers used to predict chronological and physiological age
Nov 19, 2008 |
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Scientists at the Buck Institute for Age Research have identified for the first time biomarkers of aging which are highly predictive of both chronological and physiological age. Biomarkers are biochemical features that can ...
Key protein may explain the anti-aging and anti-cancer benefits of dietary restriction
May 22, 2009 |
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A protein that plays a key role in tumor formation, oxygen metabolism and inflammation is involved in a pathway that extends lifespan by dietary restriction. The finding, which appears in the May 22, 2009 edition of the ...
Paradoxical Alzheimer's finding may shed new light on memory loss
Mar 12, 2008 |
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Do you remember the seventh song that played on your radio on the way to work yesterday? Most of us don’t, thanks to a normal forgetting process that is constantly “cleaning house” – culling inconsequential information from ...
Antidepressant found to extend lifespan in C. elegans
Nov 21, 2007 |
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A team of scientists led by Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator Linda B. Buck has found that a drug used to treat depression can extend the lifespan of adult roundworms.
New NASA boss: Astronauts on Mars in his lifetime
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- NASA's new boss says he will be "incredibly disappointed" if people aren't on Mars - or even beyond it - in his lifetime.
Buck research focuses on risk factor for Parkinson's disease
Feb 20, 2008 |
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A new study demonstrates that high levels of MAO-B, an enzyme that regulates nerve activity in the brain, cause Parkinson’s-like symptoms in mice genetically engineered to overexpress the protein. Furthermore, drugs currently ...
Improved culture system for hepatitis C virus infection
Jul 16, 2008 |
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A University of California, San Diego School of Medicine researcher has developed the first tissue culture of normal, human liver cells that can model infection with the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and provide a realistic environment ...
Anti-Inflammatory Drug Reduces Nerve Death in Mouse Model of Parkinson's Disease
Nov 07, 2006 |
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Using a mouse model which mimics neuronal cell death in the part of the brain associated with Parkinson’s disease (PD), scientists at the Buck Institute have shown for the first time that these neurons die due to inflammation. ...
Buck Institute making progress on aging process
Jan 09, 2009 |
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Downhill from the I.M. Pei-designed, Ponce de Leon-inspired and worm-saturated Buck Institute for Age Research lies the rustically tony downtown of this Marin County, Calif., city.
Forests could flip from sink to source of CO2: study
Apr 17, 2009 |
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Forests that today soak up a quarter of carbon pollution spewed into the atmosphere could soon become a net source of CO2 if Earth's surface warms by another two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), cautions ...
Researchers show that fibrosis can be stopped, cured and reversed
Dec 27, 2007 |
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University of California, San Diego researchers have proven in animal studies that fibrosis in the liver can be not only stopped, but reversed. Their discovery, to be published in PLoS Online on December 26, opens the do ...
