This article is part of a series on recent advances in the science and medicine of longevity. What do blood transfusions, exercise, and a longevity hormone have in common? All three help improve ...

For years, scientists have known that the anti-aging hormone klotho, infusions of young blood, and exercise each improve brain function in older mice. But they didn’t know why. Now, two UC San ...

The level of anti–PF4–heparin antibodies was measured with the use of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and the levels of antibodies against various antigenic sites of the SARS-CoV-2 spike ...

In a recent study, Greinacher et al. 1 reported thrombotic complications, mostly cerebral vein thrombosis, associated with thrombocytopenia in 11 patients after they had been vaccinated with ChAdOx1 ...

A recent article posted to the medRxiv* preprint server analyzed the antibody (Ab) that mediated the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT). Study: ...

In pursuit of youth, research has been conducted on transfusions of young people's blood and experiments on injecting animals with the anti-aging hormone ' Klotho '. Three papers have been published ...

In a recent study published in PNAS, researchers investigated the association between the increased levels of anti-platelet factor 4 (PF4) antibodies and the clinical complications of coronavirus ...

A single molecule may play a central role in rejuvenating aging brains, albeit in different ways, new research suggests. Studies of three different techniques for combating the cognitive decline that ...

Platelets have recently emerged as important regulators of malaria parasites, binding infected erythrocytes and killing the intracellular parasites. Now, two studies identify platelet factor 4 (PF4) ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative condition that primarily affects memory, thinking, and behavior. It is one of the most common causes of dementia, particularly among older ...

A mechanism that led some patients to experience cases of deadly clotting following some types of COVID-19 vaccination has been identified in new research. A mechanism that led some patients to ...