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Take a look at the new issue of Essays in Biochemistry, with Guest Editors TOM KIRKWOOD & VIKTOR KOROLCHUK (Institute of Ageing, Newcastle University)
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Provides up-to-date overviews of key concepts in biochemistry and molecular biosciences. The Understanding Biochemistry special issues of Essays in Biochemistry are Open Access publications.
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Genome instability: a conserved mechanism of ageing?
Jan Vijg, Xiao Dong, Brandon Milholland, Lei Zhang

Essays In Biochemistry May 26, 2017, 61 305-315; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1042/EBC20160082
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How and why do toxic conformers of aberrant proteins accumulate during ageing?
Rebecca Josefson, Rebecca Andersson, Thomas Nyström

Essays In Biochemistry May 24, 2017, 61 317-324; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1042/EBC20160085
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Origins of mtDNA mutations in ageing
Karolina Szczepanowska, Aleksandra Trifunovic

Essays In Biochemistry Jul 11, 2017, 61 325-337; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1042/EBC20160090
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The role of attenuated redox and heat shock protein responses in the age-related decline in skeletal muscle mass and function
Anne McArdle, Malcolm J. Jackson

Essays In Biochemistry Jul 11, 2017, 61 339-348; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1042/EBC20160088
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Differential control of ageing and lifespan by isoforms and splice variants across the mTOR network
Patricia Razquin Navas, Kathrin Thedieck

Essays In Biochemistry Jul 11, 2017, 61 349-368; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1042/EBC20160086
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Systems modelling ageing: from single senescent cells to simple multi-cellular models
Alvaro Martinez Guimera, Ciaran Welsh, Piero Dalle Pezze, Nicola Fullard, Glyn Nelson, Mathilde F. Roger, Stefan A. Przyborski, Daryl P. Shanley

Essays In Biochemistry Jul 11, 2017, 61 369-377; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1042/EBC20160087
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Proteomics and metabolomics in ageing research: from biomarkers to systems biology
Jessica M. Hoffman, Yang Lyu, Scott D. Pletcher, Daniel E.L. Promislow

Essays In Biochemistry Jul 11, 2017, 61 379-388; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1042/EBC20160083
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Approaches for extending human healthspan: from antioxidants to healthspan pharmacology
Jan Gruber, Barry Halliwell

Essays In Biochemistry Jul 11, 2017, 61 389-399; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1042/EBC20160091

This issue explores the molecular and cellular mechanisms which underpin the process of ageing. Guest Edited by Professor Tom Kirkwood, CBE and Dr Viktor Korolchuk of the Newcastle University Institute for Ageing and Health, the issue includes reviews on mechanisms involved in ageing include genome instability and redox stress as well as insights from systems biology and approaches for extending the human healthspan.

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