# dca (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover dca. Page: Feed: --- ## [In ALS, Microglia Eat Living Neurons, Mistaking Them for Dead](https://lifespan.io/in-als-microglia-eat-living-neurons-mistaking-them-for-dead/) _2026-08-21 · Arkadi Mazin · Lifespan Research Institute_ A new study suggests that in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – and possibly other neurodegenerative diseases – the brain’s immune cells devour stressed but still living neurons due to altered signaling \[1\]. The living dead Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), \[…\] ## [How Old Fat Cells Trigger Inflammation and Raise Risks](https://lifespan.io/how-old-fat-cells-trigger-inflammation-and-raise-risks/) _2026-08-20 · Josh Conway · Lifespan Research Institute_ Using cohort studies and a mouse model, researchers have found that the circulating factor ANGPTL8, which is produced by senescent fat cells, is related to age-related diseases and mortality in mice and people. Too \[…\] ## [GenBio Launches a “Virtual Cell” AI Model](https://lifespan.io/genbio-launches-a-virtual-cell-ai-model/) _2026-08-18 · Arkadi Mazin · Lifespan Research Institute_ This AI startup, which lists Nobel laureate David Baker among its co-founders, has announced a “world model” of a cell that can simulate both its natural \[…\] ## [How Senescence Spreads Between Brain Cells](https://lifespan.io/how-senescence-spreads-between-brain-cells/) _2026-08-17 · Josh Conway · Lifespan Research Institute_ Researchers have gone into deep detail regarding how each of five senescent brain cell types expresses and receives factors that encourage other cells to become senescent. \[…\] ## [A Million-Person Study Finds a Protective Metabolic Gene](https://lifespan.io/a-million-person-study-finds-a-protective-metabolic-gene/) _2026-08-14 · Arkadi Mazin · Lifespan Research Institute_ A massive human genetics study identified rare folliculin-interacting protein 1 (FNIP1) mutations associated with favorable metabolism and much lower cardiometabolic disease risk. Experiments in human liver cells and mice suggest a therapeutic route \[1\]. Longevity \[…\] ## [A Drug Combination Fights Both Senescence and Cancer](https://lifespan.io/a-drug-combination-fights-both-senescence-and-cancer/) _2026-08-13 · Josh Conway · Lifespan Research Institute_ In Aging, the Conboys and their team have described how a combination treatment kills both senescent and cancer cells and lengthens the lives of old mice. Of senescence and cancer Just \[…\] ## [Forever Healthy Launches the Evipedia Browser Extension](https://lifespan.io/forever-healthy-launches-the-evipedia-browser-extension/) _2026-08-13 · Press release · Lifespan Research Institute_ Staying informed about health and longevity interventions can be tedious and time-consuming. Often it involves manually decoding a supplement label with numerous compounds, reading a blog post about some therapy, or an X-post that name-drops a peptide \[…\] ## [The Thymus Hormone Thymulin Reduces Inflammaging in Mice](https://lifespan.io/the-thymus-hormone-thymulin-reduces-inflammaging-in-mice/) _2026-08-12 · Anna Drangowska-Way · Lifespan Research Institute_ A recent study identified the thymus hormone thymulin as a molecule with the potential to reduce inflammation in an age-dependent manner. Treating cancer-bearing mice with this molecule made other cancer treatments more effective \[1\]. The aging immune system Aging \[…\] ## [Why Affecting Aging in Complex Organisms Is So Hard](https://lifespan.io/why-affecting-aging-in-complex-organisms-is-so-hard/) _2026-08-11 · Arkadi Mazin · Lifespan Research Institute_ A new study proposes a theoretical framework that explains why the more complex an animal is, the harder it is to move the needle on its rate of aging \[1\]. A problem of great \[…\] ## [A New Target Against High Blood Pressure](https://lifespan.io/a-new-target-against-high-blood-pressure/) _2026-08-10 · Josh Conway · Lifespan Research Institute_ Researchers have discovered why the protein AGGF1 has significant effects on blood pressure and published their findings in Aging Cell. Blood pressure is a condition of its own The authors begin their paper by discussing \[…\] ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/g38GEvSOrmvj) _2026-08-10 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when a friend signs up for the Graphite Business Card ## [Wei-Wu He: People Should Become the CEOs of Their Own Health](https://lifespan.io/wei-wu-he-people-should-become-the-ceos-of-their-own-health/) _2026-08-07 · Arkadi Mazin · Lifespan Research Institute_ Human Longevity Inc., a company founded in 2013 by a trio of visionaries – Craig Venter, Peter Diamandis, and Robert Hariri – \[…\]