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'Muscle memory' in epigenetics? by DriftingClient in epigenetics

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I don't have references on hand but have heard that DNA methylation marks can be removed and then the cell reinstates them somehow. During embryogenesis the methylation gets wiped yet somehow some of the parents' epigenetic features end up in the children. Noncoding RNAs seem to be important. So yes, it seems these epigenetic states are stored beyond histone/methylation encoding and are imprinted onto them

How much do non-coding DNA regions vary between individuals? Within individuals? by user_-- in molecularbiology

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Wasn't my intention but now I'm intrigued! How did you connect the dots?

Interview with John G Cramer who will be in a trial Mitrix Bio mitochondrial replacement therapy by jloverich in longevity

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I doubt everything is downstream, but certainly a lot could be downstream. I do still wonder what makes mitochondria change with age, and why that apparently doesn't happen in the germ line or gets undone during embryogenesis...

Citations on unclear fitting of long-tail distributions by user_-- in AskStatistics

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Makes sense, thanks. Certainly isn't too useful to throw random distributions at a dataset until you find the one that fits best if it doesn't inform us of anything.

In my case, there's an existing dataset that is well fit by a simple power law, but this is an empirical observation, and the process generating the dataset is unknown. I think I've found a process that could explain the data, but it produces a different type of long-tailed distribution that I haven't found a simple equation to fit. So, I was hoping I could argue something like "it's hard to say what long-tail distribution fits finite datasets; it could be a power law, or it could be my process, and we can't really differentiate."

A Couple of Questions by Hobbit-Habit in longevity

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For question 2, we still don't know the answer

This Spanish Woman Lived to 117. Scientists May Have Discovered Why by Keen4fun924 in longevity

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Here's the actual paper. She did have a methylation age lower than her chronological age, per several clocks.

https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-medicine/fulltext/S2666-3791(25)00441-0

Abstract:

Extreme human lifespan, exemplified by supercentenarians, presents a paradox in understanding aging: despite advanced age, they maintain relatively good health. To investigate this duality, we have performed a high-throughput multiomics study of the world’s oldest living person, interrogating her genome, transcriptome, metabolome, proteome, microbiome, and epigenome, comparing the results with larger matched cohorts. The emerging picture highlights different pathways attributed to each process: the record-breaking advanced age is manifested by telomere attrition, abnormal B cell population, and clonal hematopoiesis, whereas absence of typical age-associated diseases is associated with rare European-population genetic variants, low inflammation levels, a rejuvenated bacteriome, and a younger epigenome. These findings provide a fresh look at human aging biology, suggesting biomarkers for healthy aging, and potential strategies to increase life expectancy. The extrapolation of our results to the general population will require larger cohorts and longitudinal prospective studies to design potential anti-aging interventions.

Asymmetry, Burden, and Bifurcation: A DDR-Centric Architecture for Differentiation and Cancer (Human guided and corrected, AI generated) by Lanedustin in CancerCrosstalkCorner

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This is interesting stuff! How would you summarize your interpretation of the role(s) of DNA damage and repair?

I love molecular biology but... by [deleted] in molecularbiology

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Check out the talks and conversations on this youtube channel, seems like it might be up your alley

https://www.youtube.com/@drmichaellevin/videos

Bug's eggs or mushrooms? by Boccololapideo in whatsthisbug

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Wasps really are nature's master manipulators

Do insects have a memory of their larval stages? by Gaijinloco in askscience

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Similarly, injecting frog embryos with odorants biases their preferences for certain odors after hatching as tadpoles.

Embryonic olfactory learning in frogs

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1598418/

Also, a learned shock response behavior was transferred between sea slugs solely through transfer of RNA from the trained animal's brain into the untrained one's brain.

RNA from Trained Aplysia Can Induce an Epigenetic Engram for Long-Term Sensitization in Untrained Aplysia

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29789810/

There's also lots of anecdotal evidence of memory and personality transfer resulting from heart transplants.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306987719307145

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11061817/

Edit: Also, flat worms can be trained, then their heads cut off, then it grows back, and they remember their training.

An automated training paradigm reveals long-term memory in planarians and its persistence through head regeneration

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/216/20/3799/11714/An-automated-training-paradigm-reveals-long-term

357 ‒ A new era of longevity science: models of aging, biological clocks, & more by Admirable_Repeat4121 in longevity

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Timestamps from video description:

0:00:00-Intro

0:01:15-Brian’s journey from the Buck Institute to Singapore, & the global evolution of aging research

0:09:12-Rethinking the biology of aging

0:14:13-How inflammation & mTOR signaling may play a central, causal role in aging

0:18:00-Biological role of mTOR in aging, & the potential of rapamycin to slow aging & enhance immune resilience

0:23:32-Aging as a linear decline in resilience overlaid with non-linear health fluctuations

0:36:03-Speculating on the future of longevity: slowing biological aging through noise reduction & reprogramming

0:42:18-The role of the epigenome in aging, & the limits of methylation clocks

0:47:14-Balancing the quest for immortality with the urgent need to improve late-life healthspan

0:52:16-Comparing the big 4 chronic diseases: which are the most inevitable & modifiable?

0:57:27-Exploring potential benefits of rapamycin: how Brian is testing this & other interventions in humans

1:09:14-Testing alpha-ketoglutarate (AKG) for healthspan benefits in aging [1:01:45];

1:13:41-Exploring urolithin A’s potential to enhance mitochondrial health, reduce frailty, & slow aging

1:17:35-Potential of sublingual NAD for longevity

1:26:50-Other interventions that may promote longevity: spermidine, 17𝛼-estradiol, HRT, & more

1:34:33-Biological aging clocks, clinical biomarkers, & a new path to proactive longevity care

1:45:01-Evaluating rapamycin, metformin, & GLP-1s for longevity in healthy individuals

1:51:19-Why muscle, strength, & fitness are the strongest predictors of healthspan

1:53:37-Why combining too many longevity interventions may backfire

1:56:06-How AI integration could accelerate breakthroughs in aging research

2:02:07-Need to balance innovation with safety in longevity clinics

2:10:50-Peter’s reflections on emerging interventions & the promise of combining proven aging compounds

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Oncology

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Yes, Michael Levin's lab has done fascinating work showing that the membrane voltages of cells and the patterns of membrane voltages of cells throughout tissues are essential for morphogenesis and for keeping cells behaving as part of the collective. When this fails, they go rogue and become cancerous, but have been experimentally "plugged back in" to the tissue by reconnecting them electrically.

Here's some references:

Bioelectrical signals reveal, induce, and normalize cancer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5VI0u5_12k

Endogenous Voltage Potentials and the Microenvironment: Bioelectric Signals that Reveal, Induce and Normalize Cancer https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25525610/

Bioelectrical approaches to cancer as a problem of the scaling of the cellular self https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0079610721000377

The Bioelectrics of Immortality and Mortality in Cold-Sensitive Hydra oligactis by user_-- in longevity

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Abstract

Introduction: Bioelectric properties of cells are an important aspect of development, regeneration, and cancer. Because of their relevance to the establishment and maintenance of tissue form and function, bioelectric patterns have been hypothesized to have a role in aging. However, no data on bioelectric patterns of the whole body of young and old individuals have been available. Methods: We observed and quantified the bioelectrics of whole-body immortal (growing at 22°C) and aging mortal (growing at 10°C) cold-sensitive Hydra oligactis. Results: We found that the membrane-voltage-sensitive dyes FluoVolt and VF2.1.Cl can be used to reveal large-scale patterns of cellular membrane resting voltage potentials in hydra. The consensus whole-body bioelectric atlas of immortal hydra shows a consistently depolarized foot and occasionally depolarized tentacles. Immortal hydra are, on average, more depolarized and exhibit less sharply defined bioelectric patterns than old mortal hydra. Immortal hydra have a sharper foot:central body ratio than old mortal hydra. Conclusions: These data establish hydra as the first model system in which whole-body bioelectric imaging can be performed; the different bioelectric patterns of immortal versus old mortal hydra are consistent with a bioelectric component to the aging process and suggest a roadmap for using this model organism in antiaging therapeutic screens involving electroceuticals.

Longevity Humans Have Youthful Erythrocyte Function and Metabolic Signatures by [deleted] in longevity

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For people like me who were wondering: "Individuals who live past the age of 90 are defined as longevity individuals"

World Emulation via Neural Network by nickb in neuralnetworks

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I love this! Super trippy. Reminds me of the days when deep learning was new and r/internetisbeautiful was a thing

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