News tagged with human aging


Scientists locate disease switches

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A team of scientists from the University of Copenhagen and the Max Planck Institute in Germany, has identified no less than 3,600 molecular switches in the human body. These switches, which regulate protein functions, may ...


Biomarkers reveal our biological age

Biomarkers reveal our biological age

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created Aug 19, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (21) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Not a day passes when we don’t get a little bit older. However, the exact processes involved in human aging are still puzzling. Scientists working with Lenhard Rudolph and Hong Jiang from ...





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Gene linked with human kidney aging

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A gene has been associated with human kidney aging, according to researchers from Stanford University, the National Institute on Aging, the MedStar Research Institute, and the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. In work ...


Aging: Worms, Flies & Yeast Are More Like Us than Previously Expected

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

When it comes to the aging process, yeast, nematode worms and fruit flies have more in common with humans than previously expected. In addition to highlighting the similarities between species, a large-scale human protein ...


Test detects molecular marker of aging in humans

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In 2004, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center announced a crucial discovery in the understanding of cellular aging. They found that as cells and tissues age, ...


Most babies born this century will live to 100

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 3

(AP) -- Most babies born in rich countries this century will eventually make it to their 100th birthday, new research says. Danish experts say that since the 20th century, people in developed countries are living about three ...


Not so sweet: Over-consumption of sugar linked to aging

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (12) | comments 1

We know that lifespan can be extended in animals by restricting calories such as sugar intake. Now, according to a study published in the journal PLoS Genetics, Université de Montréal scientists have discov ...


Wistar Institute team finds key target of aging regulator

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created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Researchers at The Wistar Institute have defined a key target of an evolutionarily conserved protein that regulates the process of aging. The study, published in Nature, provides fundamental knowledge about key mechanisms of agi ...


Why we outlive our ape ancestors

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created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

In spite of their genetic similarity to humans, chimpanzees and great apes have maximum lifespans that rarely exceed 50 years. The difference, explains USC Davis School of Gerontology Professor Caleb Finch, is that as humans ...


Role for CISD2 gene in human disease and lifespan control

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In the May 15th issue of G&D, Dr. Ting-Fen Tsai (The National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan) and colleagues present a new animal model of human Wolfram Syndrome, and effectively link CISD2 gene function, mitochondrial integr ...


Old as you want to be: Study finds most seniors feel younger

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 02, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Older people tend to feel about 13 years younger than their chronological age. That is one of the findings of a study forthcoming in the Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Science. The researchers analyzed the respon ...


Common weed could provide clues on aging and cancer

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A common weed and human cancer cells could provide some very uncommon details about DNA structure and its relationship with telomeres and how they affect cellular aging and cancer, according to a team led by scientists from ...



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