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hCINAP Protein Key to Cellular Senescence: Study
The authors claim that by preventing the formation of senescent cells, the protein could delay aging, but experts are skeptical.
hCINAP Protein Key to Cellular Senescence: Study
hCINAP Protein Key to Cellular Senescence: Study

The authors claim that by preventing the formation of senescent cells, the protein could delay aging, but experts are skeptical.

The authors claim that by preventing the formation of senescent cells, the protein could delay aging, but experts are skeptical.

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Connecting the Complexities of Heart Failure and Aging
Deanna MacNeil, PhD | Feb 13, 2023 | 3 min read
Researchers learned how IGFBP7, a senescence signaling protein and biomarker, promotes cardiac remodeling and cellular aging.
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The Scientist Speaks - The Fight Against Time: Stem Cells and Healthy Aging 
The Scientist’s Creative Services Team | Nov 29, 2022 | 2 min read
Tricking the body into mimicking a fasting state may hold the key to fighting age-related cognitive decline. 
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Vesicles from Young Mice Alleviate Signs of Aging in Older Animals
Catherine Offord | Oct 19, 2022 | 4 min read
Mice that received the stem cell–derived treatment were less frail compared with controls, a study reports.
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Different Genes Influence Lifespan in Male and Female Mice
Natalia Mesa, PhD | Sep 29, 2022 | 3 min read
Researchers say there may be similar, human genes whose effects on lifespan vary by sex.
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Junyue Cao Applies Novel Approaches to Aging and Disease
Lisa Winter | Mar 14, 2022 | 3 min read
The Rockefeller University geneticist is tracing the full lifespan of individual cells to better understand how and why humans age.
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Image of the Day: Alzheimer’s Genes
Nicoletta Lanese | Aug 19, 2019 | 1 min read
Mutations within the MS4A gene cluster have been linked to changes in protein levels that affect disease risk.
Young Blood Unproven as Anti-Aging Treatment: US FDA
Carolyn Wilke | Feb 20, 2019 | 2 min read
The agency warns that plasma treatments costing thousands of dollars, which supposedly treat the infirmities of old age, have not been proven “safe or effective.”
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An Algorithm to Predict the Age of Your Lab Mice
Anthony King | Feb 1, 2019 | 5 min read
Researchers develop an app that can estimate the biological age of a rodent from its mug shot—and could give a boost to the science of human aging in the process.
Serum Survey Reveals Protein Patterns of Ill Health
Ruth Williams | Aug 2, 2018 | 3 min read
Analyses of blood from thousands of people show distinct protein profiles are linked to complex diseases of aging.
Centenarian Sequencing Contest Begins
Edyta Zielinska | Jul 25, 2012 | 1 min read
The first company to attempt to cheaply sequence the genomes of 100 people aged over 100 announced its intention to compete for the 2013 X prize.
Avant-Garde Science
Mary Beth Aberlin | Jun 1, 2012 | 3 min read
Why naked mole-rats and experimental gene therapies remind me of groundbreaking artists.
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