Aging-US News & Blogs
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How Aging Leads to Chronic Disease: A Two-Stage Model
Aging has long been explained in different ways. One traditional view is that it results from the gradual accumulation of molecular damage over time. Another perspective, based on evolutionary theory, suggests that natural selection strongly protects health during youth and reproductive years but becomes less effective later in life.
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Epigenetic Changes in Sperm May Explain Association Between Paternal Age and Autism Risk
While maternal health has traditionally been central to research on pregnancy and child development, there is growing recognition that paternal factors also play a role, particularly the father’s age. Several studies have found a modest increase in risk of neurodevelopmental conditions, including autism spectrum disorder, among children born to older fathers. However, the biological mechanisms… … continue reading
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Chocolate Compound Linked to Slower Biological Aging
While chocolate and coffee have been associated with better health outcomes, pinpointing the responsible specific compounds has been difficult. These foods contain multiple bioactive substances that are often consumed together, and few studies have explored their individual effects on the human epigenome, the system of chemical modifications that control gene activity and change with age. … continue reading
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EDITORS’ CHOICE: Age-specific DNA methylation alterations in sperm at imprint control regions may contribute to the risk of autism spectrum disorder in offspring
The results of studies revealed in this paper indicate that advanced paternal age increases the risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children, potentially due to sperm epigenetic changes. … continue reading
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A Common Aging Pattern: Changes in RNA Splicing and Processing Across Human Tissues
As we age, every tissue in the body undergoes gradual molecular changes. A long-standing question in aging research is whether these changes follow common patterns across tissues or whether each tissue ages on its own. … continue reading
Aging-US: Volume 18
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Polyploidy-induced senescence: Linking development, differentiation, repair, and (possibly) cancer?
Since the first description of replicative senescence triggered by telomere shortening in the 1960s, other stressors such as mitochondrial dysfunction and DNA damage were shown to induce senescence in vitro. In vivo, senescent cells show both beneficial physiological and harmful pathological roles, yet their contribution to aging and disease remain incompletely understood.
Insights From Authors & Announcements
ABOUT Dr. Mikhail (Misha) Blagosklonny:
It is with great sadness and heavy heart that we announce the recent passing of Dr. Mikhail (Misha) V. Blagosklonny, our beloved Editor-in-Chief. Misha succumbed to metastatic lung cancer after a courageous battle.
Dr. Blagosklonny will be remembered as a brilliant and extraordinary scientist who dedicated his life to science. He was a visionary thinker, who made highly original contributions to cancer and aging research that were often ahead of their time.
Dr. Blagosklonny was born into a family of scientists. His mother, Professor of Medicine Yanina V. Blagosklonnaya, specialized in endocrinology and was a talented teacher, mentoring several generations of medical students. His father, Professor Vladimir M. Dilman, was a brilliant gerontologist, endocrinologist and oncologist, known for being a very charismatic person. He was the first person to encourage Misha to think about nature, aging, and philosophy.
Misha was a theorist by nature. While in school, he was deeply interested in physics and dreamed of becoming a theoretical physicist. Eventually, he chose biology, driven to study aging and age-related diseases, including cancer. He started as an experimentalist, but over the years, he became a theoretical biologist. In a way, his dream came true.
In Remembrance | @Blagosklonny
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