Biological age and longevity blog: glycans, inflammation, and healthy aging · Page 20
Explore the latest insights and research in GlycanAge testing, alongside expert advice and personal journeys that dive into the fascinating intersection of science, lifestyle, and health.
The Sweet Secret of a Healthy Pregnancy
Pregnancy changes a mother’s immune system to protect her babies. These changes often improve the health of pregnant women suffering from autoimmune diseases. We do not fully understand the phenomenon, but antibody glycosylation modulation can shed light on this mystery.
Published:February 19, 2021
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Gut Microbiota Proves That One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure
Science is only starting to understand the mysteries of gut microbiota, and new discoveries may improve the treatment of many diseases.
Published:February 17, 2021
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Could Eating Soybeans Help Protect Men from Viral Infections?
When it comes to fighting off infections, women come out on top. Their secret is in oestrogen, a powerful immune booster that seems to be working in men, too.
Published:February 17, 2021
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How do You Stop Feeling Stressed when Life is Stressful?
We all know that stress isn't good for us. It can impact nearly all aspects of our health, from immune function to blood pressure and cognition. Stress can even age us: a recent study shows that traumatic stress leads to long-lasting changes in the glycosylation of brain proteins, which can increase our biological age.
Published:December 1, 2020
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Hit the Reset Button
In an age where burnout is the rule rather than the exception, these rarified retreats take health to new heights
Published:December 1, 2020
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Top 5 Trending Biohacks for Stress Management
Chronic stress, typically fuelled by work, family obligations, and financial strain, sends our bodies into "fight or flight" mode, a reaction once reserved for acute-only situations. This can lead to overwhelm, fatigue, anxiety, depression, and more serious health concerns since it promotes inflammation in the body.
Published:November 30, 2020
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Smoking - a ‘‘Killing Me Softly’’ Habit
As you may already know, moderate exercise, a healthy diet and enough rest periods influence our glycans and benefit our bodies on a molecular level. There is yet another big thing when it comes to our health — smoking.
Published:November 30, 2020
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Exercise in Moderation is Key to Improving Your Biological Age
Glycans have a variety of biological roles in our organism — from structural and modulatory roles in proteins to participating in cell-cell and cell-extracellular molecule interactions, as well as being a crucial part of the immune system. Their roles in the functioning of the human body have made them one of the most…
Published:November 30, 2020
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The Role of Antibody Glycans in the Development of Severe COVID-19
One of the key questions in dealing with COVID-19 is how the same SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes mild to moderate symptoms in most individuals leads to very severe, sometimes even fatal disease in a subset of people. The overactivation of the immune system, often called the “cytokine storm” is believed to be an importan…
Published:November 11, 2020
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A Roadmap to Future
A great deal of achieving a sustainable tomorrow relies on making roadmaps for a required targeted research today. For that reason, member states of the United Nations created an initiative in 2015 for reaching global sustainability by 2030. This agenda consists of 17 Sustainable Growth Goals, and glycoscience plays a…
Published:November 11, 2020
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Glycans as Drivers of a Disease Risk
Though the family history of certain diseases increases the likelihood of a person becoming ill, in most cases it is not as simple to determine the risk of developing the disease as both genes and the environment contribute. You might inherit your grandmother's good heart, but your lifestyle will determine how long th…
Published:September 12, 2020
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Changes of Glycans With Age in Different Parts of the World
People are different and glycans are one of the main molecular drivers of these differences. Large collaborative study on over 10,000 individuals from 27 different populations revealed extensive changes of the IgG glycome composition with age. In young people, glycans suppressing inflammation were dominant, while olde…
Published:August 13, 2020
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