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Study links poorer cognitive performance with greater risk for impaired daily life activities

Subtle differences in cognition may help identify individuals at risk for becoming dependent years later upon others to complete daily activities, such as managing medications or finances and other essential activities.

30 Sep 2020

NIH awards grants for using bioengineered models to improve clinical trial design

Clinical Trials on a Chip researchers plan to build and test common and rare disease models to help improve the clinical trial process.

30 Sep 2020

Study shows delirium as a possible warning sign of COVID-19 in frail, older adults

A new analysis of data from researchers at King's College London using information from the COVID Symptom Study app and patients admitted to St Thomas' Hospital in London, has shown that delirium - a state of acute confusion associated with a higher risk of serious illness and death - is a key symptom of COVID-19 in frail, older people.

30 Sep 2020

Blocking the self-destruction process of enzymes can mitigate age-related diseases

Stopping the cannibalistic behavior of a well-studied enzyme could be the key to new drugs to fight age-related diseases, according to a new study published online in Nature Cell Biology.

30 Sep 2020

EPFL scientists measure the molecular footprint of aging

EPFL scientists have measured the molecular footprint that aging leaves on various mouse and human tissues. Using the data, they have identified likely regulators of this central process.

29 Sep 2020

Newly discovered genetic factor allows adult skin to regenerate like a newborn's

A newly identified genetic factor allows adult skin to repair itself like the skin of a newborn babe. The discovery by Washington State University researchers has implications for better skin wound treatment as well as preventing some of the aging process in skin.

29 Sep 2020

Induction of acute senescence may be a necessary process in hemorrhagic shock

It's called senescence, when stressed cells can no longer divide to make new cells, and it's considered a factor in aging and in some diseases.

29 Sep 2020

COVID-19 may deteriorate men's testosterone levels, new data suggests

For the first time, data from a study with patients hospitalized due to COVID-19 suggest that the disease might deteriorate men's testosterone levels.

28 Sep 2020

Blocking nuclear pore complex formation can help selectively kill cancer cells

Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have shown that blocking the construction of nuclear pores complexes--large channels that control the flow of materials in and out of the cell nucleus--shrank aggressive tumors in mice while leaving healthy cells unharmed.

28 Sep 2020

Epigenetic changes in the brain drive late-onset Alzheimer's disease

New findings suggest that late-onset Alzheimer's Disease is driven by epigenetic changes -- how and when certain genes are turned on and off -- in the brain. Results were published today in Nature Genetics.

28 Sep 2020

New mechanism that prevents hair loss identified

A team of researchers from Cologne and Helsinki has discovered a mechanism that prevents hair loss: hair follicle stem cells, essential for hair to regrow, can prolong their life by switching their metabolic state in response to low oxygen concentration in the tissue.

28 Sep 2020

Study reveals underrepresentation of older people in COVID-19 trials

A study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine revealed that older persons are highly likely to be excluded from the majority of COVID-19 trials that seek to establish effective treatments, as well as find a preventive vaccine.

28 Sep 2020

New study links 160 genes to brain shrinkage

A new study implicates 160 genes in brain shrinkage seen on MRIs of 45,000 healthy adults. The shrinkage is in the cortex, the dimply outer layer of the brain that gives rise to thinking, awareness and action, and largely consists of gray matter.

25 Sep 2020

Study: 2020 presidential candidates Biden, Trump likely to be "super-agers"

In a paper published in the Journal on Active Aging, University of Illinois Chicago longevity researcher S. Jay Olshansky and his colleagues conclude that both 2020 presidential candidates - former Vice President Joe Biden, 77, and President Donald Trump, 74 - are likely to maintain their health beyond the end of the next presidential term.

25 Sep 2020

Personality traits are associated with cognitive resilience in older adults

Our aging brains collect tangles and sticky plaques that can interfere in our cognition and memory. But some older adults with this neuropathology have more cognitive resilience than others, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.

25 Sep 2020

Alzheimer’s disease-associated protective genetic variant enhances key functions of immune cells

A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Eastern Finland found that the PLCG2-P522R genetic variant, which protects against Alzheimer's disease, enhances several key functions of immune cells. The results obtained in the study highlight the importance of immune cells as a target of future development of new therapies for Alzheimer's disease.

25 Sep 2020

Social inequities in Black and South Asian immigrants increase risk of severe COVID-19 infection

Black, South Asian and Aboriginal populations from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds in Canada are nearly four times more likely to have three or more medical conditions that have been identified as risk factors for severe illness from COVID-19.

25 Sep 2020

Researchers use artificial intelligence to discern degrees of loneliness in older adults

For the past couple of decades, there has been a loneliness pandemic, marked by rising rates of suicides and opioid use, lost productivity, increased health care costs and rising mortality.

25 Sep 2020

Researchers demonstrate the utility of AI in identifying neural degeneration

Researchers from North Carolina State University have demonstrated the utility of artificial intelligence (AI) in identifying and categorizing neural degeneration in the model organism C. elegans. The tool uses deep learning, a form of AI, and should facilitate and expedite research into neural degeneration.

24 Sep 2020

NIA grant supports research on lifespan behavioral development and cognitive aging

The National Institute on Aging, or NIA, has awarded psychologists Chandra A. Reynolds of the University of California, Riverside, and Sally J. Wadsworth of the University of Colorado-Boulder a grant of more than $11 million to continue studying lifespan behavioral development and cognitive aging as individuals transition to mid-adulthood.

24 Sep 2020

Aging News and Research

Study links poorer cognitive performance with greater risk for impaired daily life activities

NIH awards grants for using bioengineered models to improve clinical trial design

Study shows delirium as a possible warning sign of COVID-19 in frail, older adults

Blocking the self-destruction process of enzymes can mitigate age-related diseases

EPFL scientists measure the molecular footprint of aging

Newly discovered genetic factor allows adult skin to regenerate like a newborn's

Induction of acute senescence may be a necessary process in hemorrhagic shock

COVID-19 may deteriorate men's testosterone levels, new data suggests

Blocking nuclear pore complex formation can help selectively kill cancer cells

Epigenetic changes in the brain drive late-onset Alzheimer's disease

New mechanism that prevents hair loss identified

Study reveals underrepresentation of older people in COVID-19 trials

New study links 160 genes to brain shrinkage

Study: 2020 presidential candidates Biden, Trump likely to be "super-agers"

Personality traits are associated with cognitive resilience in older adults

Alzheimer’s disease-associated protective genetic variant enhances key functions of immune cells

Social inequities in Black and South Asian immigrants increase risk of severe COVID-19 infection

Researchers use artificial intelligence to discern degrees of loneliness in older adults

Researchers demonstrate the utility of AI in identifying neural degeneration

NIA grant supports research on lifespan behavioral development and cognitive aging

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