Dual Gene Therapy Has Beneficial Effects On Blood Biomarkers And Muscle Composition: Biomarker analysis and MRI imaging data from the past year have revealed beneficial metabolic changes and muscle improvement in Elizabeth Parrish, CEO of BioViva USA Inc. and recipient of BioViva’s experimental dual gene therapy in September 2015. Source
Parkinson's disease 'may start in gut': Scientists in California say they have transformed understanding of Parkinson's disease.Their animal experiments, published in the journal Cell, suggest the brain disorder may be caused by bacteria living in the gut. Source
The Extraordinarily Long-Lived Edible Dormouse: The unusually named, hibernating edible dormouse actually lengthens its telomeres in the later half of its life, and lives an impressive maximum of 13 years. Source
Improving Protein Stability By Learning From Stem Cells: Certain types of stem cells can sustain a culture of cells indefinitely, and one of the ways they do this is by increasing protein maintenance. Finding ways to copy this activity could help combat age-related decline. Source
Why The Platypus Could Help Diabetes Research: The platypus has evolved a remarkably stable form of an enzyme that stimulates insulin release called glucagon-like peptide-1, which could inform human diabetes treatment. Source
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