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Exciting Lead Into Premature Ageing And Heart Disease

May 1, 2012
Scientists have discovered that they can dramatically increase the life span of mice with progeria (premature ageing disease) and heart disease (caused by Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy) by reducing levels of a protein called SUN1. This research was done by A*STAR's Institute of Medical Biology (IMB) in collaboration with their partners ...

Scientists believe that ageing can be programmed in the womb

March 8, 2012
Ageing is a complex process involving physical, psychological, and environmental factors. Scientists believe that ageing can be programmed in the womb. One example of stress during pregnancy is the administration of glucocorticoids, i. e. synthetic stress hormones to accelerate fetal lung maturation in premature labor to allow breathing after birth. ...

Pten gene can also fight against obesity, ageing process

March 7, 2012
This result, obtained after five years' research, is published in leading journal Cell Metabolism. The authors, led by Manuel Serrano (CNIO), believe it will open the door to new therapeutic options not only against cancer, but against obesity and even the ageing process.

The Buried Code To Healthy Ageing

December 16, 2011
Jena`s Leibniz Institute for Age Research Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) and Berlin`s Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) from Germany are jointly starting a project for ageing research in 2012. Within the framework of the "Joint Initiative Research and Innovation" (PAKT), researchers want to identify molecular networks responsible ...

Healthy ageing more important than aged care, expert says

November 14, 2011
Deep-seated ageism is at the core of our culture and at the heart of an unproductive government approach to healthy ageing, says Professor Hal Kendig, Director of the Ageing, Work and Health Research Unit in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Sydney.

Peroxiredoxin enzyme holds key to ageing process

November 1, 2011
By consuming fewer calories, ageing can be slowed down and the development of age-related diseases such as cancer and type 2 diabetes can be delayed. The earlier calorie intake is reduced, the greater the effect. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have now identified one of the enzymes that hold ...

FUTURAGE project to tackle Europe’s ageing population over the next 10 years

October 19, 2011
An ambitious project led by researchers at the University of Sheffield is set to tackle the grand challenge of Europe's ageing population over the next 10 years.

Project leads next decade of ageing research across Europe

October 18, 2011
(University of Sheffield) An ambitious project led by researchers at the University of Sheffield is set to tackle the grand challenge of Europe's aging population over the next 10 years.

Project leads next decade of ageing research across Europe

October 17, 2011
An ambitious project led by researchers at the University of Sheffield is set to tackle the grand challenge of Europe's ageing population over the next 10 years. The FUTURAGE Road Map, created by Alan Walker, Professor of Social Policy and Social Gerontology in the Department of ...

Pill for rare ageing disease on the horizon

July 1, 2011
Scientists have found that a drug used in transplant patients could reverse the effects of premature ageing and extend human life by over 10 years.

Lower education leads to faster ageing: Study

May 16, 2011
According scientists, people who leave education with fewer qualifications are prone to age more quickly. The research was published in the journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity on Wednesday.

Minister for Health and Children launches first results from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing

May 12, 2011
The first results from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, a national study of 8,000 older people aged 50 and over in Ireland, were launched this week by the Minister for Health and Children, Dr James Reilly.