Inflammation and Aging Tuesday, October 1, 2019
2-3pm ET (11am-12pm PT)
Chronic, low-grade sterile inflammation that occurs with age (inflammaging) has been observed in all mammalian species studied, from rodents to non-human primates to humans. It has been argued that aging is driven by the age-related increase in proinflammatory cytokines and substances produced by the innate immune system leading to reduced healthspan and accelerated aging. Because inflammation is strongly associated with a variety of diseases (e.g. type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, and frailty), inflammaging appears to be an important factor in the etiology of most age-related diseases.
The webinar will provide participants with information about how inflammation influences aging and health as well as processes and mechanisms that facilitate, or inhibit, increasing chronic inflammation with age.
AFAR Scientific Director, Co-Principal Investigator of the Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center, and Director of the Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama Birmingham
Live Better Longer: What's so Super about SuperAgers? (And what can we learn from them!)
Join AFAR and Prevention on Wednesday, May 29 from 3-4pm ET for a free webinar with AFAR Scientific Director Nir Barzilai, MD, in conversation with Prevention's Kaitlyn Phoenix. They will be joined by a special guest SuperAger from AFAR's SuperAgers Family Study, 95-year-old Natalie Ramirez.