16th October 2022
Fasting-induced anti-aging molecule keeps blood vessels young
By medical news
The search for eternal youth has preoccupied the human imagination since the times of Ancient Greece.
In fact, a quick look at Greek mythology shows that youth was more prized than immortality, as some myths tell the story of how futile the latter is if it's not accompanied by the former.
In this regard, modern medicine has recently been catching up with ancient mythology.
Emerging scientific breakthroughs encourage us to hope that the myth of eternal youth will soon become a reality.
In a recent study, researchers were able to reverse signs of aging such as hair loss and wrinkles in mice; and, perhaps more impressively, another team of researchers managed to rejuvenate aging human cells.
Now, a new study adds to the evidence that aging can indeed be reversed. Scientists led by Dr. Ming-Hui Zou — the director of the Center for Molecular and Translational Medicine at Georgia State University in Atlanta — showed that fasting, or restricting calorie intake, can produce a molecule that delays vascular aging.
The findings were published in the journal Molecular Cell.
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Dr. Zou explains the motivation for this study, saying, "The most important part of aging is vascular aging. When people become older, the vessels that supply different organs are the most sensitive and more subject to aging damage, so studying vascular aging is very important."
So, the scientists set out to focus on vascular aging, on the changes that occur with senescence, and on ways to prevent them.
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