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April 25, 2024
Calorie restriction and intermittent fasting both increase longevity in animals, aging experts say. Here’s what that means for you. By Dana G. Smith, April 24, 2024 If you put a lab mouse on a diet, cutting the animal’s caloric intake by 30 to 40 percent, it will live, on average, about 30 percent longer. The […]
April 16, 2024
Experts weigh in on people wanting to use the drug for longevity, and what else you need to know. By Jillian Wilson, Apr 16, 2024, 03:00 AM EDT In most Western cultures, aging is not something that folks necessarily embrace. While it’s better than the alternative, society does not make getting older easy. Age discrimination […]
April 12, 2024
Dr. Xianlin Han is the recipient of the 2024 William and Ella Owens Medical Research Foundation Award for $200,000. The project is titled “Myelin sulfatide deficiency alters galetin-3 signaling in AD”. Dr. Han is a professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes and an investigator with the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for […]
April 5, 2024
Dr. Juan Pablo Palavicini and Dr. Kevin Koronowski are the recipients of the 2024 William and Ella Owens Medical Research Foundation Award. The two-year, $200,000 project is titled “Modeling late-onset Alzheimer’s via gene-environment interactions”. Dr. Palavicini and Dr. Koronowski have been named Multiple Principle Investigators on the project. Dr. Palavicini is an assistant professor in […]
April 2, 2024
Original story: UT Health San Antonio Newsroom Has led several studies revealing barriers to care for the underserved Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (April 1, 2024) — Boris A. Zelle, MD, FAAOS, FAOA, professor, vice-chair of research and chief of orthopaedic trauma in the Department of Orthopaedics at The University of Texas Health […]
March 18, 2024
Dr. Zhao’s project, “Paracrine effects of leptin in regulating visceral fat expansion,” has been awarded an R01 grant by the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Zhao is an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and an investigator with the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies.
March 15, 2024
Barshop Institute director, Dr. Elena Volpi, was interviewed in a recent rapamycin article by The Washington Post. The article also mentions the original 2009 rapamycin study funded by The National Institute on Aging Interventions Testing Program (ITP), which includes a test site at the Barshop Institute led by Dr. Randy Strong. Read the story here: […]
March 1, 2024
Dr. Zang’s project, “Deciphering RNA Splicing Control of Lipid Metabolism and Alcoholic Liver Injury,” has been awarded an R01 grant by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Dr. Zang is a Professor with the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies and the Department of Molecular Medicine. She is also the […]
February 13, 2024
Dr. Shi is the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Distinguished Chair in Metabolic Biology and a Professor with the Department of Pharmacology and the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies. An upstream open reading frame (5′-uORF) links oxidative stress to translational control of ALCAT1 through phosphorylation of eIF2α Jun Zhang […]
January 18, 2024
Dr. Juan Pablo Palavicini was selected to participate as a “Rising Star” for the NIA/AGS R13 Bench-to-Bedside Conference Series on “Stress Tests and Biomarkers of Resilience,” which takes place on March 4-5, 2024. He also received a travel scholarship to attend. Dr. Palavicini is an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes […]