Technology Networks featured research led by Caleb Finch on how a drug called GSM-15606 shows promise in protecting against air pollution-related Alzheimer’s risks. “This is the first example of a new drug developed to slow Alzheimer’s that may also protect aging individuals from the environmental risk factor of air pollution,” Finch said. The study was also covered by StudyFinds, Science Blog, and Science Daily.
Mice that had been fed the drug GSM-15606 had lower levels of Aβ42, a longer form of the amyloid beta protein, a major component of the telltale plaques seen in human brains with Alzheimer’s.
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NIH Research Highlights featured a study led by Valter Longo on how a fasting-mimicking diet appeared to reduce disease risk factors and slow biological aging in healthy adults.
Business Insider interviewed Valter Longo on how adopting a “longevity diet” and fasting helped him improve his health after moving to the U.S. and eating a typical American diet. “I think that’s what happens to most people, right?” he said. “Because they’re not experts, and you’re surrounded by this world that is full of food and it’s just very difficult not to fall into it.”
USC Viterbi undergraduate’s research with Andrei Irimia of USC Leonard Davis could help diagnose traumatic brain injury earlier.
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The distinguished honor is given for outstanding contributions to new knowledge about aging through basic biological research.
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NIH Research Highlights featured a study coauthored by Em Arpawong on how adolescent cognition predicted dementia risk in older adulthood, in part through its association with educational attainment.
BBC interviewed Andrei Irimia for a story about how our brains change with age and whether we can have an effect on those changes before they occur. He discussed using MRI scans and artificial intelligence to understand the trajectory of both brains that are aging healthily and those in which there is a disease process, such as dementia. “It’s a very sophisticated way to look at patterns that we don’t necessarily know about as humans, but the AI algorithm is able to pick up on them,” he said. The story also ran on BBC Brazil.
LA Times published a column on the presidential debate featuring comments from Caroline Cicero. “Viewers surely noticed that President Biden did not command confidence in his performance,” Cicero said. “His blank stares left me wondering if his strategy was not to react and to stay stone-faced, so that he didn’t appear to be a grumpy old man.”
The USC Cheong and Mui Wong Endowed Research Fund supports the study of diseases of aging and ultimately how to prevent, diagnose and treat them.
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