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Japanese Plant May Boost Cellular Health & Prevent Aging

Japanese Plant May Boost Cellular Health & Prevent Aging

Ancient Japanese believed the Ashitaba plant leaves could cure several ailments, as such the plant played an important role in traditional medicines to treat ailments such as heartburn, high blood pressure, gout, hay fever, constipation, and stomach ulcer.  This herb native to Japan has been shown by modern science to have health benefits, and according …

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Developing Age Combating Autophagy Boosting Therapies

Genes Reveal Clues On Longevity

In collaboration with Apollo Ventures biotech incubator that supports longevity research and treatments for age related disease, the biotech startup Samsara Therapeutics has finished seed financing. The biotech startup company will be focusing on biological mechanisms of autophagy, the cellular garbage removal system used to break down unwanted/damaged cellular compounds and recycle them; high levels …

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