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Researchers at the National Institute on Aging have explored circulating markers of aging and an important age-related disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus. Their discovery of differences in exRNAs and EVs contributes to establishing a baseline reference...
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Researchers know that exosomes, tiny nanoparticles released from fat cells, travel through the bloodstream and body, regulating a variety of processes, from growth and development to metabolism. The exosomes are important in lean, healthy...
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In healthy people, exosomes – tiny structures secreted by cells to allow intercellular communication – prevent clumping of the protein that leads to type 2 diabetes. Exosomes in patients with the disease don’t have the same ability. This discovery by ...
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