Healthy aging starts in our cells – and in the places where we live!
Healthy aging starts in our cells and in the communities where we live! In this blog we explore the Age-Friendly movement which is focused on making communities livable for people of all ages...
We’re excited about single-cell sequencing technology and think you should be too!
Professor Simon Melov is championing the use of single cell sequencing – calling it the biggest technological revolution in biology in the last 30 years...
The promise of Metformin highlights the need for precision medicine
Metformin became a “darling” of research on aging when medical records revealed that people with diabetes taking the drug often lived longer, healthier lives.
There’s more to know about Vitamin K! Study in @Nature shows it prevents cell death and might be an ancient naturally-occurring antioxidant. Research shows Vitamin K inhibits ferroptosis, which involves cellular iron, implicated in #Alzheimers. https://zcu.io/Gmrz
Human tissues are diverse when it comes to #RNA. Study in @Nature has mapped that diversity w/ technology that enabled readouts of segments of over 1,000 nucleotides. Helps to understand molecular underpinnings of variants that contribute to disease risk https://zcu.io/BC0Y
Turning down thermostat makes it harder for #cancer cells to grow, at least in mice. Study in @Nature finds chilly temps activates heat-producing brown fat that consumes sugars that tumors need to thrive. This effect was cancelled out by high sugar drinks https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/960696
The Buck Institute is looking for an experienced Programmer Analyst to support the Institute’s IT and enterprise business systems.
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Job alert! The Campisi lab is looking for a Research Assoc II/Lab Mngr who will work with skilled PhD students and postdocs to develop an independent research project focusing on cellular senescence in human cell culture and mouse models.
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