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Image of the Month: The laboratory worm, C. elegans

March 2, 2021 Aging, bacteria, C. elegans, Image of the month, lipid signaling, mitochondria, Research

What is transparent, as long as a credit card is thick and helps solve science mysteries? The laboratory worm, C. elegans.

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Light-activated genes illuminate the role of gut microbes in longevity

January 28, 2021 Aging, C. elegans, colanic acid, Longevity, microbiome, optogenetics, Research

Optogenetics, a method that uses light to regulate gene expression, can control gut bacterial metabolism to promote longevity.

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Glutathione precursor GlyNAC reverses premature aging in people with HIV

October 15, 2020 Aging, glutathione, GlyNAC, HIV, Research

Twenty years of research support the role of antioxidant glutathione in reversing premature aging in people with HIV.

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Early postnatal overnutrition sets the body on a fast track to aging

September 19, 2019 Aging, Diabetes, DNA methylation, infancy, Obesity, overnutrition, Research

Overnutrition during early infancy can have adverse health consequences later in life. Although researchers have known this for quite some time, the explanations have been

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Extending the body’s expiration date may involve the ends of the chromosomes

April 4, 2019 Aging, ends of chromosomes, liver fibrosis, NAD+ precursor, NMN, Research, sirtuin, telomeres

Scientists may have found a strategy to achieve the science-fictional greeting “Live long and prosper.” In his lab at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Ergun

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A worm’s lessons for living a longer, healthier life

February 26, 2019 Aging, C. elegans, fat metabolism, Longevity, lysosomes, metabolic signaling, mitochondria, oxidative tolerance, Research, sugar metabolism

Caenorhabditis elegans is a seemingly unimpressive worm. It is as long as a penny is thick, it lives in the soil feeding on microbes it

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Alternative splicing is crucial to muscle mass maintenance

July 10, 2018 Aging, alternative splicing, chronic disease, muscle mass maintenance, Rbfox1, Rbfox2, Research

Despite the importance that changes in muscle mass have in aging, overall body metabolism and in chronic disease, we still don’t fully understand the mechanisms

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Image of the Month: Lipid droplets in the transparent worm C. elegans

June 1, 2017 Aging, animal model, C. elegans; worms, microbes and diet, Model organisms

Meet Caenorhabditis elegans, a 1-millimeter-long, transparent, free-living roundworm that is the center of attention of many research laboratories around the world, including Dr. Meng Wang‘s

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New technology helps those with hearing loss stay connected

May 27, 2016 Aging, audiology, Audiology Services, Better Hearing and Speech Month, Dr. Lauren Placke, Head and Neck, Healthcare, hearing aid, hearing loss, Houston, Jeannette Sanchez, otolaryngology, Technology

In an increasingly fast-paced and technology-based world, people with hearing loss have struggled with staying connected to those around them due to hearing aids that

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What causes hearing loss?

May 20, 2016 Aging, audiology, Audiology Services, Better Hearing and Speech Month, Dr. Shirin Jivani, Head and Neck, Healthcare, hearing, hearing loss, Houston, otolaryngology

Suffering from hearing loss can be a painful experience for both you and your loved ones. Your first question might be, “why is this happening?”