January 2025 – IMMpress Magazine

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IMMpress Volume 12 Issue 3 – Death and Senescence

IMMpressJanuary 20, 2025January 15, 2025

About the cover This issue’s cover captures the essence of its theme, “Death and Senescence”, through a bold Halloween-esque design. Symbolizing mortality, a skeleton is ironically engrossed in reading a...

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Why do science? Lessons learned from regional variations in life expectancy through time (Infographic)

Boyan TsankovJanuary 20, 2025January 15, 2025

Life expectancy (LE) is intuitively defined by the number of years an individual is expected to live. For the purposes of this article, I mean life expectancy at birth –...

From friend to foe: inflammation and its consequences in aging

Deeva UthayakumarJanuary 20, 2025January 15, 2025

With age comes a myriad of mental and physical changes that no one looks forward to, such as aches and pains, forgetfulness, and dulled senses. However, when it comes to...

Immune Function and Accelerated Brain Aging

Nicolas WilsonJanuary 20, 2025January 15, 2025

The nervous system governs our perceptions of reality, interpreting sound, light, and other physical stimuli through sensory organs. While these organs are efficient, they are inherently limited. Sensory organs allow...

Canada’s Palliative Care – let’s talk about it.

Jennifer AhnJanuary 20, 2025January 15, 2025

But First, Why Palliative Care? In 1974, Canadian surgical oncologist Dr. Balfour Mount introduced the term “palliative care” to describe the specialized practice he established at Montreal’s Royal Victoria Hospital...

Book Review

It’s Never Too Early to Think About Retirement: A Book Review on Being Mortal, by Atul Gawande

Vera LynnJanuary 20, 2025January 15, 2025

Despite being in my twenties, I had a bartender tell me I looked thirteen years old. To take advantage of the situation, I dressed up as Piglet from Winnie the...

Feature

Parasite-Induced Death Seeking Behavior

Carmen UcciferriJanuary 20, 2025January 15, 2025

We've all seen movies or read books featuring zombies—mindless creatures driven by a singular, relentless urge. The reassuring thought is that these undead beings are purely fictional… or so we've...

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Aging Through the Lens of Culture: How Societies Shape the Way We Age

Manjula KamathJanuary 20, 2025January 15, 2025

As humans, one thing binds us universally: we age. Yet societies and cultures perceive aging in profoundly different ways, shaping how we treat older individuals and view our own aging...

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Cell death: the unsung hero of life

Tianning YuJanuary 20, 2025January 15, 2025

Anything related to the word ‘death’ generally has a negative connotation. However, in the context of cell death, is death really bad? Cell death is in fact, an essential and...

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Unlocking the Secrets of anti-Aging: Products and Therapies for Youthful Vitalit

Daniah AlkassabJanuary 20, 2025January 15, 2025

Every year, people come together to celebrate the cherished occasion of their birthday – a day often filled with joy and anticipation. In the earlier stages of life, such as...

Month: January 2025

IMMpress Volume 12 Issue 3 – Death and Senescence

Why do science? Lessons learned from regional variations in life expectancy through time (Infographic)

From friend to foe: inflammation and its consequences in aging

Immune Function and Accelerated Brain Aging

Canada’s Palliative Care – let’s talk about it.

It’s Never Too Early to Think About Retirement: A Book Review on Being Mortal, by Atul Gawande

Parasite-Induced Death Seeking Behavior

Aging Through the Lens of Culture: How Societies Shape the Way We Age

Cell death: the unsung hero of life

Unlocking the Secrets of anti-Aging: Products and Therapies for Youthful Vitalit

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