April 1, 2022

The Retina as a Potential Biomarker for Reduced Brain Matter

Researchers from the Department of Ophthalmology at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE) have found a close connection between the dimensions of retinal structures and those of the brain. They report on this in the journal “Scientific Reports”. Their study results suggest that assessments […]
March 30, 2022

A Discussion of Applying Partial Reprogramming to Senescent Cells In Vivo

Partial reprogramming exposes senescent cells to the Yamanaka factors for long enough to reset their epigenetic patterns to those of a youthful cell, but not so long as to force a change of state into induced pluripotent stem cells. This is an active area of research, not yet an exact […]