A DIABETES DRUG JUST REVERSED CHROMOSOMAL AGING

As a medical school professor, I teach that telomeres -- the protective caps on your chromosomes -- only shorten with age. A new clinical trial just proved that wrong.

Researchers gave 142 people with type 2 diabetes an SGLT2 inhibitor (henagliflozin) or placebo for 26 weeks. Results:

- 90.5% of the drug group had LONGER telomeres vs. 65.6% on placebo
- Immune k... https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09-popular-diabetes-drug-anti-aging.html

#Telomeres #SGLT2 #MetabolicHealth #Longevity #AntiAging

Five years in and still getting younger - Chris Williamson and Bryan Johnson

#telomeres #longevity #aging

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Harvard study of 1K people who came to their center in Boston for testing found a 75% reduction in loss of telomere length over 4 years from 2K IU of vit D3 daily. Given Boston, likely these people were mostly vit D deficient to begin with. I'm not finding the free full text of the study, only articles about it like [1], and the study abstract [2].

[1] https://www.ifm.org/articles/vitamin-d-slow-telomere-shortening

[2] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2025.05.003

#vitaminD #telomeres

How Cellular Senescence and Inflammation Impact Your Health

#CellBiology #AgingScience #OxidativeStress #Mitochondria #DNA #Proteins #Neurodegeneration #Telomeres #CellHealth #BiologyExplained

https://youtube.com/shorts/oC_u-7gQ8Tw?feature=share

How Tiny Molecular Machines Keep Our Cells Alive and Thriving

#CellBiology #AgingScience #Telomeres #OxidativeStress #Mitochondria #CircadianRhythms #StemCells #Genetics #CancerResearch #HealthAndWellness

https://youtube.com/shorts/B8zklp2WQsg?feature=share

Vitamin D may do more than boost immunity — it could help slow cellular aging. Groundbreaking findings from a major trial. #HealthyAging #VitaminD #Telomeres

https://geekoo.news/vitamin-d-and-the-aging-clock-a-new-role-in-cellular-longevity/

#Bacterial ' #jumping_genes' can target and control #chromosome ends.

#transposons #telomeres #Streptomyces #genomes

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-bacterial-genes-chromosome.html

🔬 Call for abstracts – deadline is 18 March ✨

The EMBO | EMBL Symposium 'The ageing genome: from mechanisms to disease' is back with a fresh international speaker lineup! 🧬

#EESAgeing will bring together experts in chromosome biology, ageing sciences, and disease research.

Don't miss your chance to present! Submit your abstract here: https://s.embl.org/ees25-05-ma

#ageing #DNArepair #genomestability #emblevents #telomeres #DNAdamageresponse #ageinggenome #chromatinstability #epigenetics

#Data-driven techniques enhance understanding of #cell division.

#mitosis #transposons #Telomeres #chromatin

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-driven-techniques-cell-division.html