Commentary on Some Recent Theses Relevant to Combating Aging: February 2017

Commentary on Some Recent Theses Relevant to Combating Aging: December 2019

Theses reviewed in this issue include "Atrophied Thymus, a Tumor Reservoir for Harboring Melanoma Cells," "Evolutionary Adaptations in Developmental Signaling Pathways Underlie Regenerative Scar-Free Wound Repair in African Spiny Mouse (Genus Acomys)," "Integrated Immunoassays on Paper/Polymer Hybrid Microfluidic Devices for Low-Cost Detection of Disease Biomarkers," "RNA Regulation in the Nervous System: CircRNA Expression Changes During Aging, and Function of the Calm1 Extended 3' UTR Isoform," "The Role of Amylin in Alzheimer's Disease," and "Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibodies to Detect and Halt ATTR Cardiac Amyloidosis and Neuropathy."

Commentary on Some Recent Theses Relevant to Combating Aging: August 2019

Theses reviewed in this issue include "Downregulation of the Apelinergic Axis Accelerates Aging, Whereas Its Systemic Restoration Improves the Mammalian Healthspan," "Intracellular Delivery of Exogenous Molecules Via an Ultrahigh Throughput Mechanoporation Microdevice," "Intrinsic and Extrinsic Drivers of Treg Fragility in the Tumor Microenvironment," "Lipid Nanoparticles Based Nanomedicine and Liquid Biopsy in Lung Cancer Therapy and Diagnosis," "Stimuli-Responsive Biomaterials for Drug Delivery to Improve Cancer Immunotherapy and Chronic Wound Healing," and "Zebrafish Extracellular Matrix as a Therapeutic Agent for Adult Mammalian Central Nervous System Regeneration."

Commentary on Some Recent Theses Relevant to Combating Aging: April 2019

Theses reviewed in this issue include "Alpha-Synuclein Oligomers: Cellular Mechanisms and Aspects of Antibody Treatment," "Cx3cr1/cx3cl1 Axis Drives the Migration and Maturation of Oligodendroglia in the Central Nervous System," "Genome-Wide Expression Profiling of Human Circulating Monocytes and Macrophages Identifies Diagnostic and Prognostic Signatures for Cancer Outcomes," "Lysosomal Oxidation of Low Density Lipoproteins," and "The Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype Induced by ID1-p16 Axis Contributes to Sorafenib Resistance in Hepatocellular Carcinoma."

Commentary on Some Recent Theses Relevant to Combating Aging: October 2019

Theses reviewed in this issue include "Cancer and Stem Cell Extravasation through Angiopellosis," "Human Chimeric Antigen Receptor Macrophages for Cancer Immunotherapy," "Insights on Alzheimer's Disease Etiology from Network Approaches in Healthy Aging," "Myelin and Glial Pathology in Aging and Cognitive Decline: Evidence for Faulty Myelin Clearance in the Rhesus Monkey," "Phosphatidylserine-Based Nanoparticles for Tolerance Induction Toward Therapeutic Proteins," and "Role of Endothelial Cell Stiffening in Choroidal Atrophy Associated with Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration."

Commentary on Some Recent Theses Relevant to Combating Aging: June 2019

Theses reviewed in this issue include "Age-Associated Lamin-B1 Reduction in the Thymic Epithelial Cells and Its Role in Thymic Involution," "Brainstem Structural Integrity in the Progression of Alzheimer's Disease," "Challenging Current Paradigms: Increasing the Efficacy of Radiation Therapy with Novel Radiation Schemes," "Cross-Talk Between the Skeletal Muscle Stem Cells and Endothelial Cells," "Design and Synthesis of Enzyme-MOF (Metal-Organic Framework) Composites for Long-Persistent Biomedical Applications," and "Megakaryocyte-Membrane Wrapped Nanoparticles for Targeted Delivery to Hematopoietic Stem Cells."

Commentary on Some Recent Theses Relevant to Combating Aging: February 2019

Theses reviewed in this issue include Characterization and Modeling of Metabolic Stress Responses in Cellular Aging; Engineering Immunity: Enhancing T Cell Vaccines and Combination Immunotherapies for the Treatment of Cancer; Extracellular Inflammatory Signaling from Dysfunctional Telomeres; High-Throughput Microfluidic Labyrinth for the Label-Free Isolation of circulating tumor cells for Single-Cell Gene Expression Profiling; Oxygen Nanobubbles for Ultrasound-guided Targeting of Cancer Hypoxia; and The Eye as a Window to the Alzheimer's Disease Brain.

Commentary on Some Recent Theses Relevant to Combating Aging: December 2018

Theses reviewed in this issue include "A Thromboresistant Cell-Derived Biomaterial Modification for Vascular Grafts," "Actomyosin Mediated Tension Orchestrates Thermogenic Programs in Adipocytes," "Age-Associated Changes in Intrathymic B Cell Population in Mice," "Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Is Transmissible Among Cells of the Central Nervous System," "Evaluation of Early Tumor Angiogenesis Using Ultrasound Acoustic Angiography," and "Interactions Between Amyloid-Beta and Microglial Cells."

Commentary on Some Recent Theses Relevant to Combating Aging: August 2018

Theses reviewed in this issue include "Bowties, Barcodes, and DNA Origami: A Novel Approach for Paired-Chain Immune Receptor Repertoire Analysis," "Development of Canine Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Therapy for Treatment & Translation," "Endocytic Vesicle Rupture in the Pathogenesis and Propagation of Neurodegenerative Proteinopathies," "Exploring Mechanisms of Metastasis Suppression in Metastatic Melanoma," "Polymer and Nucleic Acid Self-Assemblies: Properties and Applications at the Biological Interface," and "Towards a Scalable, Biomimetic, Antibacterial Coating."

Commentary on Some Recent Theses Relevant to Combating Aging: October 2018

Theses reviewed in this issue include "Computational Pathology for Quantifying Spatial Heterogeneity in Digital Images of Tissue Sections from Solid Tumors," "Molecular Analysis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration Brain Tissue Identifies Disease Mechanisms Associated with Repetitive DNA Elements," "Neuroprotective Potential of the N-Terminal Beta Amyloid Peptide Fragment in the Neurodegeneration, Synaptic Dysfunction and Memory Deficits in Models of Alzheimer's Disease," "pH-triggered Self-Assembly of a PEGylated Peptide Amphiphilic Contrast Agent," "Quantitative Approaches for Profiling the T Cell Receptor Repertoire in Human Tissues," and "Regulation and Repair of Neural Stem Cells and the Neurogenic Niche."