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Category: What is the biological basis of aging?

What happens to us as we get older? Can we slow down any of these processes? What exactly IS aging?
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New genetic markers for rheumatoid arthritis

Posted on January 26, 2023January 18, 2023 by Ruby Costigan 455 views

Scientists uncovered new genetic risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis by comparing DNA from people across 5 ancestries. This research could…

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    10,000 steps a day to prevent dementia

    Posted on October 31, 2022October 24, 2022 by Nathan Gock 814 views

    A recent epidemiological study has found that 9826 steps a day may be the optimal step count to lower the risk of dementia.

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      Scientists identify a pathway that extends lifespan

      Posted on July 15, 2021October 24, 2022 by Nathan Gock 1k views

      Molecules called sirtuins are involved in lifespan. A study in mice found that higher levels of a sirtuin called SIRT6 were able to live…

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        Oxytocin slows down aging in lonely prairie voles

        Posted on February 25, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy 409 views

        Loneliness ages you faster. But hormones can help! A recent study shows that oxytocin prevents cellular aging in lonely prairie voles.

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          Diet and exercise can shape how your mind ages

          Posted on January 21, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy 386 views

          Dementia is a condition that many of us are all too familiar with within friends and family. Dementia itself is a blanket term that…

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            How does the human body react to being in space?

            Posted on December 21, 2020October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy 1k views

            Is going to space safe for human health? Two astronauts, who were twins, volunteered for a research study to look at how the body changes…

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              Dried plums may protect astronaut’s bones from radiation damage

              Posted on October 16, 2020October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy 1k views

              Dried plums outperformed some medications in a bone health study (in mice) at NASA Ames.

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                New treatment for rheumatoid arthritis shows great promise

                Posted on August 24, 2020October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy 781 views

                The immune system is your body’s personal army of soldiers — when it comes across potentially harmful invaders like viruses and…

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                  Electrical stimulation may delay Parkinson’s disease progression

                  Posted on July 29, 2020October 24, 2022 by Nathan Gock 509 views

                  Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, meaning that brain cells will continuously die off as the illness…

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                    Brain Cancer Treatment Finishes Phase 3 of Clinical Trials

                    Posted on July 9, 2018November 3, 2022 by Nathan Gock 236 views

                    For most types of cancer, survival rates have steadily been improving since the 1970s as medical advancements have been made in both cancer…

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