The results of research on mTOR, circadian rhythms, aging animals and FAT10 presented at the EGM meeting

The results of research on mTOR, circadian rhythms, aging animals and FAT10 presented at the EGM meeting -

More than 70 experts deliver results in mTOR, rhythm circadian, aging animals and FAT10

the 43rd annual meeting of the American aging Association (AGE) held on May 30-June 2, 2014 at the Westin Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio, Texas, featured the latest findings of scholarship and research in the field of aging research for over 70 leading experts. The event has long been recognized as a platform for researchers to share cutting-edge discoveries in the mechanisms underlying causes of aging and possible breakthroughs in finding ways to increase healthspan.

"Talks at the meeting this year was of exceptional quality with really interesting new perspectives on the role of intestinal flora in healthy aging, protein biology, and why our rhythms dailies disrupted during aging and reaching ramifications thereof in inflammation and biochemical signaling, "said Rochelle Buffenstein., Ph.D., Chairman and President of AGE meeting

Among the highlights of the weekend are:

• A keynote presentation by Toren Finkel, MD, Ph.D., of the National Institutes of Health about the research on the central role a protein called mTOR plays in the biology of aging. It concluded that inhibition of mTOR activity can be a way to extend the length and quality of our lives.

• Lectures on how the internal circadian clock, the natural rhythm of our body can affect the lifespan. This included a presentation by Marina Antoch, PhD, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, the mechanical connection between the internal circadian clock, chronic inflammation and aging. A complete understanding of this functional interconnection is of crucial importance for the development of therapeutic and preventive strategies to treat diseases related to age, said Dr. Antoch.

• An in-depth look by Allon Canaan, Ph. D., MSc, Yale School of Medicine, at the newly discovered gene FAT10 and how it could revolutionize the field of research aging.

• A series of presentations on the role of mitochondria, the cellular compartments that generate the majority of energy that feeds daily activities, plays in aging.

• Presented by Kenneth B. Storey, FRSC, Carleton University, on why metabolic depression turtles live long led to an increase in life span.

• Insights Kylie Kavanagh, DVM, Wake Forest School of Medicine, about how the heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) enabled monkeys to better be able to maintain muscle mass and function well into old age

the old conference also presented other activities during the weekend, including :.

• Friday night panel discussion group geroscience entitled "increase Healthspan :. science and politics on the road to better health Aging "

• presentation of the annual price Denham Harman (Lifetime Achievement Research) Peter S. Rabinovitch, MD, Ph.D., University Washington, for its work in the field of aging research. Founded in 1978, this award was named in honor of Dr. Denham Harman, cofounder of AGE, and honors an individual who has made a significant contribution research on the biomedical aging. Dr. Harman invented the free radical theory of aging, which proposes that free radicals play a role in the aging process by damaging structural and functional molecules. the presentation of Dr. Rabinovitch on cardiac aging highlighted how the work of Dr. Harman touched new developments in the study of the biology of aging, especially in the role of mitochondria in aging.