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Novel strategies for healthy aging
03-31-2007 · EurekAlert!Protein degradation is a major cause of ageing and can be the result of attacks on proteins by other molecules. One of these processes, glycation, involves the attack by sugars on proteins. Protection against glycation declines with age leading to increasing damage with increasing age. A critical enzyme involved in protection against glycation is "Glyoxalase 1." Scientists have shown for the first time that by enhancing levels of glyoxalase I the glycation process can be diminished and life can be extended by up to 40 percent.
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