Sentences with phrase «mechanisms of cellular aging»

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«We are trying to understand the causes of aging by linking the mechanisms that control the oxidation of proteins at the cellular level with the mechanisms that determine the lifespan of the whole organism,» Apfeld says.

In this case, he was testing the idea that a buildup of cellular damage caused by oxidation — technically, the chemical removal of electrons from a molecule by highly reactive compounds, such as free radicals — is the main mechanism behind aging.

The investigators suggest that the premature loss of estrogen caused by the oophorectomy may affect a series of aging mechanisms at the cellular and tissue level across the whole body leading to diseases in multiple systems and organs.

A previous study by Segev at the laboratory for research of molecular and cellular mechanisms, directed by Prof. Kobi Rosenblum in the Sagol Department of Neurobiology at the University of Haifa, found a connection between a genetic condition known to be a risk factor for sporadic Alzheimer's and premature aging as manifested in ongoing metabolic stress.

Such effects alone could explain why memory seems to falter with age, without there being any weakening of the molecular and cellular mechanisms of memory itself.

MDI Biological Laboratory (ME, USA) scientist Aric Rogers has received a grant of US$ 455,000 over two years from the National Institute on Aging, one of the institutes of the National Institutes of Health, for research on the cellular mechanisms governing longevity.

BAR HARBOR — The MDI Biological Laboratory has announced that Aric Rogers, Ph.D., has received a grant of $ 455,000 over two years from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), one of the institutes of the National Institutes of Health, for research on the cellular mechanisms governing longevity.

Everon is a leader in understanding cellular mechanisms of aging and translating this knowledge into development of anti-aging therapies.

Topics such as the mechanisms of cell injury in normal and dystrophic muscle, compensatory muscle regeneration and hypertrophy, and the effects of various therapies or voluntary exercise on muscle repair, satellite cell activation, muscle growth, bone density and age - related atrophy are examined using a large variety of cellular, molecular and whole - animal in vivo assays of function.

As a result we now have an appropriate human cell system with which to address the mechanisms of telomere regulation during cellular aging and the early steps of tumor formation.

Sarcopenia of aging: underlying cellular mechanisms and protection by calorie restriction.