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Fight Aging! Newsletter, September 18th 2023
Fight Aging! publishes news and commentary relevant to the goal of ending all age-related disease, to be achieved by bringing the mechanisms of aging under the control of modern medicine. This weekly newsletter is sent to thousands of interested subscribers. To subscribe or unsubscribe from the newsletter, please visit: https://www.fightaging.org/newsletter/ Longevity Industry Consulting Services Reason, the founder of Fight Aging! and Repair Biotechnologies, offers strategic consulting services to investors, entrepreneurs, and others interested in the longevity industry and its complexities. To find out m...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 17, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

The complexities of healing and faith
As a physician, there are moments during the day when you must deliver a disheartening diagnosis to your patient: pancreatic cancer, ALS, leukemia, and unfortunately, the list goes on. The patient must face the harsh realities that are now placed before him/her. Those realities, at times, leave him with a very small window of hope Read more… The complexities of healing and faith originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 10, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Conditions Hospital-Based Medicine Source Type: blogs

Fight Aging! Newsletter, July 24th 2023
In this study, we tested the hypothesis that periodontal disease (PD) as a source of infection alters inflammatory activation and Aβ phagocytosis by the microglial cells. Experimental PD was induced using ligatures in C57BL/6 mice for 1, 10, 20, and 30 days to assess the progression of PD. Animals without ligatures were used as controls. Ligature placement caused progressive periodontal disease and bone resorption that was already significant on day 1 post-ligation and continued to increase until day 30. The severity of periodontal disease increased the frequency of activated microglia in the brains on day 30 by 36...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 23, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

Reviewing What is Known of the Biochemistry of Klotho Relevant to Effects on Life Span
Increased klotho expression increases longevity in mice, while reduced klotho expression accelerates aging. The most well studied effects of klotho on organ function involve the kidney and brain, where in both cases it appears protective via a number of different mechanisms. Unfortunately, klotho expression declines with age. Whether treating humans with therapies that increase levels of klotho will produce effects that are as large as those observed in mice remains to be seen. Programs that might lead to treatments remain at a preclinical stage of development, though recently advanced to the point of testing in non-human ...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 21, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs

The Business Reality of Healthcare AI
BY KIM BELLARD I was at the barbershop the other day and overheard one barber talking with his senior citizen customer about when – not if – robot AIs would become barbers. I kid you not. Now, I don’t usually expect to heard conversations about technology at the barber, but it illustrates that I think we are at the point with AI that we were with the Internet in the late ‘90’s/early ‘00s: people’s lives were just starting to change because of it, new companies were jumping in with ideas about how to use it, and existing companies knew they were going to have to figure out ways to incorporate it if they ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - July 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Tech Healthcare AI healthcare delivery Kim Bellard Source Type: blogs

Fight Aging! Newsletter, July 3rd 2023
In this study, cultured adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) were derived from subcutaneous white adipose tissue isolated from mice fed a normal diet. We performed senescence-associated-β-galactosidase (SA-β-gal) staining, real-time PCR, and Western blot to evaluate the levels related to cellular senescence markers. The mRNA expression levels of senescence markers were significantly increased in the later passages of ASCs. We show that light activation reduced the expression of senescent genes, and SA-β-Gal in all cells at passages. Moreover, the light-activated ASCs-derived exosomes decrease the expression of senes...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 2, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

The inspirational journey of an 82-year-old WWII veteran battling cancer
He was 82 years old when he came into our ER, writhing in excruciating abdominal pain. After an ultrasound and a subsequent CT scan, the devastating diagnosis was revealed—end stage pancreatic and liver cancer. Despite enduring a pain level of 10, he managed to maintain his sense of humor, joking about “biting the bullet.” However, Read more… The inspirational journey of an 82-year-old WWII veteran battling cancer originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Conditions Critical Care Nursing Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs

Immunotherapy Implant to Treat Pancreatic Cancer
Researchers at Houston Methodist have developed an implant that can provide localized and sustained release of immunotherapies to treat pancreatic cancer. Their device is tiny, at approximately the size of a grain of rice, and they have termed it a &...
Source: Medgadget - May 8, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Medicine Oncology Urology HoustonMethodist prostate CA prostate cancer Source Type: blogs

A doctor ’ s journey through grief and writing PODCAST
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! In this episode, we have Ryan McCarthy, an internal medicine physician, who discovered writing as a way to cope with grief. His journey started with the death of his friend Dan from pancreatic cancer, which led him to write an essay chronicling Dan’s life Read more… A doctor’s journey through grief and writing [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - May 2, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Podcast Primary Care Source Type: blogs

Fight Aging! Newsletter, April 17th 2023
In conclusion, oral NR altered the gut microbiota in rats and mice, but not in humans. In addition, NR attenuated body fat mass gain in rats, and increased fat and energy absorption in the HFD context. Glycine Supplementation as a Methionine Restriction Mimetic https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2023/04/glycine-supplementation-as-a-methionine-restriction-mimetic/ Supplementation with the non-essential amino acid glycine has been shown to modestly slow aging in short-lived laboratory species. In today's open access review paper, researchers note glycine supplementation as essentially a calorie restrictio...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 16, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

Regorafenib Is Another Potentially Senotherapeutic Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor
Dasatinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, was one of the first drugs shown to selectively destroy senescent cells and thereby reverse aspects of aging, particularly when used in combination with the plant flavonoid quercetin. Strangely, little attention was given to the question of whether other tyrosine kinase inhibitors can target senescent cells until recently. A number of these compounds have in the past undergone clinical trials, or even been approved for use by regulators, for the treatment of conditions that researchers now suspect to be connected with cellular senescence to a significant degree. Nintedanib, for examp...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 12, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs

Fight Aging! Newsletter, March 27th 2023
This study has potentially significant implications in the field of OA as it provides a novel strategy for OA treatment. A Vicious Cycle of Heart Failure and Dementia https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2023/03/a-vicious-cycle-of-heart-failure-and-dementia/ The end of life is not pretty. The body is a failing machine of many complex essential parts, and the failures cascade and feed into one another as it breaks down. There is pain, loss of capacity, loss of the self as the brain runs down. There is a tendency to paper over the ugly reality in public discussion, to not talk about the facts of the matter,...
Source: Fight Aging! - March 26, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

Cellular Senescence in Type 2 Diabetes
It has been a few years since researchers suggested a role for senescent cells in mediating the damage done by excess fat tissue in the context of type 2 diabetes. Senescent cells accumulate with age, but accumulate significantly faster in people who are meaningfully overweight or obese. The inflammatory signaling produced by lingering senescent cells is disruptive of tissue structure and function throughout the body, and that includes problems in the insulin-generating regions of the pancreas that take place in diabetes patients. Interestingly, senescent cells may also be important in type 1 diabetes, a completely differe...
Source: Fight Aging! - March 20, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs

Fight Aging! Newsletter, March 20th 2023
This study also provides the potential for de novo generation of complex organs in vivo. T Cells May Play a Role in the Brain Inflammation Characteristic of Neurodegenerative Conditions https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2023/03/t-cells-may-play-a-role-in-the-brain-inflammation-characteristic-of-neurodegenerative-conditions/ Alzheimer's disease, and other forms of neurodegenerative condition, are characterized by chronic inflammation in brain tissue. Unresolved inflammatory signaling is disruptive of tissue structure and function. Here, researchers provide evidence for T cells to become involved in this...
Source: Fight Aging! - March 19, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

From grief to gratitude: How writing changed my life
Dan died, and I became a writer. I didn’t know it, but I did. Back then, I wrote one story, almost by accident, trying to make sense of my personal chaos. That essay chronicled a small-town doctor losing a beloved middle-aged friend who was rapidly fading from pancreatic cancer. It felt like being dropped into Read more… From grief to gratitude: How writing changed my life originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 14, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Physician Primary Care Source Type: blogs