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This study investigates the association between park proximity and self-reported health among older adults in China, with particular attention to the moderating effects of housing characteristics. Drawing on large-scale individual survey data and 2015 park point-of-interest (POI) data, the analysis shows that closer proximity to formally designated public parks is significantly associated with better self-reported health among older adults. The study further explores whether housing features...

CONCLUSIONS: LA and LA types are independently associated with IC in community-dwelling older adults. Therefore, participation in diverse leisure activities is necessary for maintaining and improving IC in the older adults.

CONCLUSIONS: These findings enrich our understanding of CCRC decision-making in China by highlighting the ongoing influence of sociocultural values and personal autonomy throughout the process. Importantly, the need for personalized care persists throughout all stages, with particular emphasis on psychological support and cultural sensitivity in service delivery. Policy recommendations include improving affordability, accessibility, and community integration to better support older adults and...

Aging poses significant challenges to cardiovascular health necessitating novel therapeutic approaches. This study investigates the potential of the brown adipose tissue (BAT) derived lipokine 12,13-diHOME to mitigate age-induced impairments in cardiovascular function. Analysis of human and rodent plasma signaling lipids reveals a decline in 12,13-diHOME levels with age. Transplantation of BAT or sustained upregulation of 12,13-diHOME effectively preserved cardiac function in aged male and...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. Recent evidence implicates extracellular matrix (ECM) dysfunction in disease pathogenesis, including extensive loss of perineuronal nets (PNNs). PNNs are neuron-ensheathing condensed ECM structures composed of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans, including the main constituent aggrecan (ACAN). To explore the role of PNNs in AD, we utilize the 5xFAD model and genetically target Acan...

CONCLUSIONS: DBS significantly improved motor, neuropsychological, and quality-of-life outcomes across all PD durations, with the most substantial benefits observed in mid-duration (5-10 years) patients. While levodopa response was a consistent positive prognostic factor for motor response, caution is warranted for short-duration patients with rapidly progressive motor symptoms, as they exhibited less favorable outcomes.

Healthy aging relies on a symbiotic host-microbiota relationship. The age-associated decline of the immune system can pose a threat to this delicate equilibrium. In this work, we investigated how the functional deterioration of T cells can affect host-microbiota symbiosis and gut barrier integrity and the implications of this deterioration for inflammaging, senescence, and health decline. Using the Tfam^(fl/fl)Cd4^(Cre) mouse model, we found that T cell failure compromised gut immunity leading...

ObjectivesSensory loss is associated with increased dementia risk, yet the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. This longitudinal study examined the association between self-reported sensory difficulty (vision, hearing, dual), social and physical activity, and dementia risk among older U.S. adults.MethodsData were drawn from the 2015-2020 National Health and Aging Trends Study (N = 6,295). Discrete-time survival mediation models with a structural equation modeling-based approach were estimated...

The disposable soma theory (DST) posits that organisms prioritize reproductive success over long-term somatic maintenance, resulting in an inevitable decline after reproduction. However, such a basis does not fully explain the human brain's capacity to preserve metabolically costly, plastic, and cognitively essential functions well beyond the reproductive peak. This Perspective challenges the universality of DST by proposing that brain aging follows a selectively resilient trajectory, shaped by...

Torpor is a naturally occurring state of metabolic suppression that enables animals to adapt and survive extreme environmental conditions. Inspired by this adaptation, researchers have pursued synthetic torpor-an artificially induced, reversible hypometabolic state with transformative medical potential. Achieving synthetic torpor has been pursued for over a hundred years, with earlier work focused on identifying drugs for systemically suppressing metabolism. Breakthroughs in 2020 identified key...

Technique could provide cheap fertilizer and prevent harmful nutrient runoff

Move follows Trump administration finding that school didn’t effectively combat antisemitism

Interbreeding with tomatoes 9 million years ago gave potatoes the genes to develop tubers

Microglia are crucial targets for therapeutic interventions in diseases like Alzheimer's and stroke, but efficient gene delivery to these immune cells is challenging. We developed an adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector that achieves specific and efficient gene delivery to microglia. This vector incorporates the mIba1 promoter, GFP, miRNA target sequences (miR.Ts), WPRE, and poly(A) signal. Positioning miR.Ts on both sides of WPRE significantly suppressed non-microglial expression, achieving over...

A DNA editing tool TaqTth-hpRNA was developed in this study, composed of a compact recombinant TaqTth nuclease (832 aa) and a simple hairpin-RNA guiding probe (hpRNA). In vitro biochemical studies showed the TaqTth-hpRNA efficiently cleaves artificially synthesized single-stranded DNA without stringent sequence motif like protospacer adjacent motif (PAM). It can also cleave the genomic DNA of Escherichia coli with ∼80% efficiency. The TaqTth-hpRNA cleavage of genomic DNA in mammalian cells...