The Contribution of Adaptive Immune System Aging to Atherosclerosis – Fight Aging!

Atherosclerosis is the buildup of fatty plaques in blood vessel walls that narrow and weaken those vessels, leading to rupture and a heart attack or stroke. While it is the innate immune cells known as macrophages that are responsible for removing excess lipids from blood vessel walls, clearing up … Read more

Sizes of Immune Cell Subsets Correlate with Human Mortality – Fight Aging!

The immune system is made up of many different cell types. Further, distinct populations within those types exhibit a varied range of behaviors. The molecular damage and resulting cellular dysfunction of aging produces complex changes in the immune system, as is the case for all of the complex biological … Read more