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• Lack of energy in old age might not just be normal part of aging

  “Old and tired” is such a common phrase, it’s no surprise that a new study in the Journal of Gerontology has found that almost 1 in 5 senior citizens report they have so little energy that they spend most of the day sitting on the sofa. Read More...
  Posted Friday, August 29, 2008 9:25 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Aging, anergia

• Cell change 'keeps organs young'

  Researchers may have found a way to halt the biological clock which slows down our bodies over the decades. A US team thinks it may have found the genetic levers to help boost a system vital to cleaning up faulty proteins within our cells. The journal Read More...
  Posted Monday, August 11, 2008 9:58 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Aging, Protein folding, glycation

• Aging: An Evolutionary Accident?

  Environmental stresses and cell damage play a role in the longevity of humans and simple soil-dwelling nematodes. But new research from Stanford University shows that in the short-lived worm Caenorhabditis elegans , such stresses have no effect on the Read More...
  Posted Friday, July 25, 2008 1:00 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Aging, Evolution, caenorhabditis

• Common drugs may combat ageing disease

  TWO common drugs have reversed the effects in mice of progeria, a rare genetic disease that causes premature ageing. The drugs have few side effects, so might one day be used to treat children with the disease. Progeria accelerates ageing from early childhood Read More...
  Posted Thursday, July 10, 2008 6:35 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Aging, Pharmaceutical research, Statins

• Women Over 90 More Likely To Have Dementia Than Men

  Women over 90 are significantly more likely to have dementia than men of the same age, according UC Irvine researchers involved with the 90+ Study, one of the nation's largest studies of dementia and other health factors in the fastest-growing age Read More...
  Posted Saturday, July 05, 2008 7:06 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Aging, Dementia

• 70-year-old gives birth to twins

  Defying age, a septugenarian woman has given birth to twins, a male and a female, in a village of Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh. 'We are old. My wife Raj Kali is 70 years and I am 75 years. But god has graced us in such old age and we are happy Read More...
  Posted Friday, July 04, 2008 3:23 AM by clementlawyer / 1 Comments

  Tags: Aging, IVF

• Subtle nervous system abnormalities appear to predict risk of death in older individuals

  Subtle nervous system abnormalities appear to predict risk of death in older individuals Subtle but clinically detectable neurological abnormalities, such as reduced reflexes and an unstable posture, may be associated with the risk of death and stroke Read More...
  Posted Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:15 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Aging, neurological disease

• Longevity Science To Study 'Downward Spiral' Paradigm In Aging Process

  The Kronos Longevity Research Institute (KLRI) has released the 2008 State of the Science, which examines "the vicious triad" of the aging process: oxidative stress, hormonal changes, and nutrition and its effects on age-related deteriorations Read More...
  Posted Thursday, June 12, 2008 6:33 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Aging, Oxidative stress, kronos Longevity Research Institute

• Buck Institute to tackle aging research with stem cell funds

  The Buck Institute for Age Research was the only non-academic group to receive California stem cell grants for new research facilities this year. After qualifying for $20.5 million in state funds, the institute now plans to build a 65,000-square-foot Read More...
  Posted Wednesday, June 04, 2008 3:05 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Aging, The Buck Institute for Age Research: stem cell funding

• Human aging gene found in flies

  Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have found a fast and effective way to investigate important aspects of human ageing. Working at the University of Oxford and The Open University, Dr Lynne Cox and Read More...
  Posted Monday, May 12, 2008 2:49 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Aging, fruit flies