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October 10, 2021

Icariin Treatment Improves the Aging Gut Microbiome in Mice

The gut microbiome is important in health and aging. Populations of microbes change with age, favoring harmful inflammatory populations at the expense of populations that generate beneficial metabolites. Restoration of a youthful microbiome via fecal microbiota transplantation has been demonstrated to be beneficial in animal studies. The research community is […]
October 9, 2021

Predicting gene expression with AI

Recent advances enabled researchers to map the DNA sequence of the human genome. However, it is still not fully understood how genetic information encoded in DNA is produced or expressed in the human body. A recent study by DeepMind introduces a novel neural network architecture called Enformer for the prediction […]
October 8, 2021

Clarifying the Hyperfunction Theory of Aging

My encounters with the hyperfunction theory of aging have at times left me confused, and I suspect that not all of those arguing for it are working from exactly the same picture in their heads. The version presented in today's editorial is somewhat more clear, possibly because the primary intent […]
October 6, 2021

Cell "Fingerprinting" Could Yield Long-Awaited Alzheimer's Disease Diagnostic

New process combining infrared light and machine learning shows potential to break barriers in disease detection. A technology developed by scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) shows great promise for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease before symptoms arise, potentially changing the course of research and treatment for this condition, which affects […]