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Exosomes From Stem Cells Might Be A Big Piece In The Fight Against Aging

Exosomes From Stem Cells Might Be A Big Piece In The Fight Against Aging

Mechanisms of the anti-aging effect of the hypothalamic neural stem/progenitor cell could be attributed to exosomes,… A narrow population of hypothalamic stem cell are directly fighting aging of the murine body via mechanisms involving exosomes, the brain and aging, according to hypotheses from researchers at the lab of Dongcheng Cai, as published in Nature International …

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Blocking Metastatic Cancer

Blocking Metastatic Cancer

Researchers have found 11 genes responsible for the spread of cancer, the previously unknown therapeutic targets may be important to cancer prevention, as inhibiting the gene targets has been found to block more than 99.5% of cancer metastasis in living cells, as published in Nature Communications. Researchers used the unique platform they created, a shell-less …

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New Glaucoma Discovery

Coming Soon: Glaucoma Self-Care, From Home?

Two distinct groups of short molecules that regulate gene expression in the eyes of individuals with two different forms of glaucoma have been discovered as published in Human Molecular Genetics.   Differential expression of these microRNAs is important as it may lead to finding more genes that may be linked to glaucoma. Any information gained about …

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