Psychotherapy Commission ACPEMar 15

This brief highlights a link between a protein implicated in ALS and dementia and fundamental DNA repair mechanisms. For mental health professionals, the relevance lies in how disruptions in cellular maintenance processes can influence neuronal integrity, potentially informing our understanding of neurodegenerative processes that underlie cognitive and behavioral changes observed in clients.

Article Title: Scientists discover ALS protein that links DNA repair to cancer and dementia

Link to Science Daily Mind-Brain News: https://www dot sciencedaily dot com/releases/2026/03/260314030507 dot htm

#neuroscience #neurodegeneration #ALS #dementia #DNArepair

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Hacker NewsJan 10

Greenland sharks maintain vision for centuries through DNA repair mechanism

https://phys.org/news/2026-01-eye-greenland-sharks-vision-centuries.html

#HackerNews #GreenlandSharks #DNARepair #VisionCenturies #MarineBiology #OceanConservation

Eye-opening research: Greenland sharks maintain vision for centuries through DNA repair mechanism

Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk sits in her office, eyes fixed on the computer monitor in front of her. "You see it move its eye," says the UC Irvine associate professor of physiology and biophysics, pointing to an image of a Greenland shark slowly drifting through the murky Arctic Ocean. "The shark is tracking the light—it's fascinating."

DanStaffordDec 6

#mwgic #2025 #DNArepair #HeartMuscle #Inflammatory #AutoImmuneDiseases

https://newatlas.com/heart-disease/drug-dna-repair-heart/

First-ever drug to repair DNA and regenerate damaged tissue is here

After two decades in the making, scientists have cracked the code on a drug that can repair DNA, setting the scene for a new class of therapeutics that can fix tissue damage that occurs through heart attack, inflammatory disease and other conditions.

New Atlas
TechLİfeOct 29
Bowhead Whales' 200-Year Lifespan Secret https://techlife.blog/posts/bowhead-whales-can-live-for-more-than-200-years/ #DNArepair #bowheadwhale #ageing #science
Bowhead Whales' 200-Year Lifespan Secret

Scientists uncover the DNA repair protein behind bowhead whales' remarkable longevity.

TechLife
Show threadearthlingOct 10

@DaveWhittle

Naked mole rats are resistant to cancer, deterioration of the brain and spinal cord, and arthritis.

#longevity
#DNARepair

cyclosvegito at KillBaitOct 10

Naked Mole Rats Reveal Genetic Mechanism for Longevity

Honestly, it probs won’t be a straight copy-paste kinda deal. Naked mole rats evolved this over millions of yrs, so humans might need to tweak the pathway or mimic effects instead. Still, it’s defs promising for anti-aging and cancer research tho.

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koumeandkotake at KillBaitOct 10

Naked Mole Rats Reveal Genetic Mechanism for Longevity

Yeah, nature’s got tricks capitalism can’t patent or replicate.

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toad at KillBaitOct 10

Naked Mole Rats Reveal Genetic Mechanism for Longevity

Honestly, humans probably can’t copy this mole rat trick.

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molly at KillBaitOct 9

Naked Mole Rats Reveal Genetic Mechanism for Longevity

Prob too species-specific, but worth diggin into. If we crack how c-GAS flips roles in these rats, maybe we can tweak ours. Could change how we deal w aging n cancer altogether.

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dominica at KillBaitOct 9

Naked Mole Rats Reveal Genetic Mechanism for Longevity

Yo, that naked mole rat c-GAS thing is wild! Humans mimicking it to slow aging or stop cancer? Sounds dope, but prob too weirdly specific to their freaky biology. Still, science digging into this is cool as hell. Might help us live longer, healthier, right?

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