Sentences with phrase «basic biology of aging»
- NIA also sponsors five Nathan Shock Centers of Excellence that focus on the basic biology of aging:
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Included are talks on mechanisms of aging in a wide range of established and non-traditional animal models with the key objective to enhance understanding of the basic biology behind experimental and lifestyle manipulations thought to have direct translational application to human aging.
Since its founding in 1965 the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research («GFMR») has supported basic research to better understand the biology that governs normal human aging and its related physiological decline, with the objective of developing interventions that will extend the healthy years of human life.
In the summer of 2010, we posted an entry about a significant advance in basic mitochondrial biology that held within it a tantalizing promise: a potentially new approach to obviating the problem of age - related accumulation of mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), which are widely suspected to play an important role in the age - related rise in oxidative stress, Parkinson's disease, and age - related muscle degeneration.
As one of the three initial cores established when the Buck Institute was founded, the Genomics Core has played a vital role in helping shape investigations in the basic molecular biology of aging, from assisting in the investigation of how specific drugs can extend lifespan in simple model organisms such as the nematode C. elegans, to facilitating studies in various animal models of age - related disease.
«The idea was to continue studying the basic biology of lysosomes and the changes as we age.»
I believe that many venues of science, from basic physiology to the biology and genetics of aging point to a simple, but very powerful statement concerning health, that I have stated for many years and has yet to be disproven.