In preclinical experiments, investigators restored p53 using synthetic mRNA nanoparticles, making lung and liver cancer cells susceptible to available cancer drugs The tumor suppressor gene p53, also known as the guardian of the genome, plays a critical function in preventing cancer. Because of its powerful role, it is one of the most commonly compromised…
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ITHACA, N.Y. – Holiday celebrations often revolve around eating, but for those with food restrictions, that can produce an incongruous feeling when dining with friends and loved ones: loneliness. People with restricted diets – due to allergies, health issues or religious or cultural norms – are more likely to feel lonely when they can’t share…
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NEW YORK, NY and SANTA BARBARA, CA — The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) and the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Postdoctoral Fellowships in Aging Research. This program was developed to support postdoctoral fellows who study basic research mechanisms of…
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NEW YORK, NY and SANTA BARBARA, CA – The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) and the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research are pleased to announce the 2019 Research Grants for Junior Faculty recipients: Carlos Aguilar, PhD, Assistant Professor: University of Michigan, Deconstructing stem cell aging through interact-omics Nausica Arnoult, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of…
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ANN ARBOR, MI AND BOSTON, MA– The Glenn Foundation for Medical Research has announced the recipients of its 2019 Breakthroughs in Gerontology (BIG) Awards as Ursula Jakob, PhD, of the University of Michigan and Norbert Perrimon, PhD, of Harvard Medical School. Administered by the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), the two-year BIG award provides…
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Are you divorced? Do you have children? Don’t you remember the last time you were on a date or were looking forward to meeting a man you like? Do you feel, to say the least of it, not very good? It is inevitable and thrilling, but we will tell you what steps to make, if…
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Mama Cax, an advocate of people with disabilities and a rising model who helped disrupt the fashion industry’s standard of beauty by not shying away from displaying her prosthetic leg on the runway and in fashion campaigns, died on Dec. 16 at Royal London Hospital. She was 30. Her agency, Jag Models, confirmed her death.…
DetailsA new study finds a correlation between a sense of meaning and physical and mental well-being as we grow older. Share on PinterestFinding meaning in one’s life can help people stay healthy in later years. The older people get, the more their lives might change. For example, their friends and relatives may reach the ends…
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CULVER CITY, Calif. — A speeding Ford Fiesta passed the Sony Pictures gate and swerved into a parking lot across the street. It was 1:07 p.m. Was this finally him? Frannie and Irwin don’t like to wait. A young man in a tight sweater tumbled out of the car. Clutching a black binder overflowing with…
DetailsA new, long-term study finds that midlife obesity raises the risk of dementia in women. However, calorie intake and physical inactivity do not. Share on PinterestObesity in midlife may raise a woman’s risk of dementia later on, new research suggests. Sarah Floud, Ph.D., of the Nuffield Department of Population Health at the University of Oxford…
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