Roundworms are the most commonly used animal model to investigate aging and methods to increase the…
Category: Aging
A lifetime of mental illness accelerates ageing
Mental illness is associated with accelerated ageing, namely with shorter life span and ageing-related diseases such…
Botox does not only remove wrinkles, it can also affect emotional processing
We reflect other people’s emotions through an ingrained, unconscious process. According to the facial feedback hypothesis,…
AI can predict Alzheimer’s risk from brain scans
Since humans are not very good at predicting the future, even if the help of a…
Gene editing could help reverse fast aging in progeria
Gene editing could be the solution to progeria, a genetic disease, characterised by extremely fast aging.…
How to treat Parkinson’s with astrocytes
Parkinson’s disease is characterized by neuronal loss in the brain’s substantia nigra region. What if another…
A microscopy method to look at amyloid protein structure
Amyloid plaques are a hallmark of some neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s. Even though the…
Genetic risk for Alzheimer’s also predisposes for COVID-19 infection
It seems that the genetic risk of an APOE4 variant in the APOE gene, not only…
A mutation could protect from familiar Alzheimer’s cognitive decline
A reported case study in a colombian woman, member of a family carriers of a mutation…
Gene modification drives 500% life extension in worms
Believe it to not, little worms (C.elegans) are an useful tool for researchers studying aging. Specially,…