“Controversial anti-aging proponent Aubrey de Grey has started a new “Longevity Escape Velocity Foundation,” and is kicking off its first experiment, using a combination of therapies in an effort to radically extend the lives of middle-aged mice.” ~ learn more
“In animal models, the team was able to show that the drug can prevent progression of the disease, with work now underway in human patients to ascertain its potential as a new clinical therapy.” ~ learn more
“A look inside the brains of engineered mice suggests therapies might need to target two key proteins — tau and amyloid-beta — at the same time.” This is from 2019. I’m not sure where this idea has led researchers. ~ learn more
“The rhythm of respiration influences a wide range of behaviors, as well as cognition and emotion. Neuroscientists are piecing together how it all works.” ~ learn more
“The team demonstrated that participants with lower levels of ET [ergothioneine] displayed poorer cognitive performance at the start of the study and an accelerated rate of decline in cognitive and functional abilities over the follow-up period.” ~ learn more
The best tests today require expensive brain imaging and a lumbar puncture. Although effective treatment options are limited, this would allow for earlier diagnosis and possibly more effective research. ~ learn more
Some children have a rare disease that leaves them with open wounds for years. “Reporting in The New England Journal of Medicine, the results of a Phase 3 double-blind, placebo-controlled trial are nothing short of spectacular.” ~ learn more
“Scientists have discovered a completely new branch on the tree of life. This “supergroup” contains an incredibly diverse range of predatory microbes that are extremely different genetically from any other form of life on Earth.” | learn more
“It used to be that if researchers needed obese rats for a study, they would just add fat to normal rodent chow, but it turns out that it takes a long time for rats to become obese on this diet…” | learn […]
Most of us are familiar with the annual flu vaccine that targets a few strains that are expected to be most prevalent. “But what is particularly unique, and potentially controversial, about this new 20-strain mRNA vaccine is its targeting of […]