Samuel Beck, Ph.D> (IMAGE)

MDI Biological Laboratory

Samuel Beck, Ph.D>

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A research team led by Samuel Beck, Ph.D., of the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, has identified disruption of chromatin architecture as the mechanism underlying inflammaging, a chronic, low-grade inflammatory response that has been linked to the chronic diseases of old age, including Alzheimer’s, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, macular degeneration and more, as well as to a shortened lifespan.

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