Treating Age-Related Diseases and Increasing Lifespan Through Hypothalamus
Research carried out on mice by scientists at New York’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University found that the hypothalamus controls many aspects of aging, opening up the potential to slow down the aging process by altering signal pathways within that part of the brain.
Mechanism linking cumulative childhood stress to telomere erosion
There is increasing interest in discovering mechanisms that mediate the effects of childhood stress on late-life disease morbidity and mortality.
Chronic pain & phobic anxiety linked with shorter telomeres
New studies find that chronic pain and phobic anxiety are linked with shorter telomeres, which suggests that sufferers of these ailments may be aging prematurely and points to ways to reverse that process.
Telomerase enzyme mapping may help fight cancer
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have for the first time mapped out the enzyme Telomerase and say the mapping of telomerase may help in the fight against cancer.
Shorter telomere length linked to catching a cold
Test subjects with shorter immune cell telomeres faced an increased risk of catching a cold. It is the first time the DNA structures had been implicated in acute illnesses in healthy, relatively young people
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