Restoring an amino acid can diminish age-related inflammation

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Researchers report that restoring an amino acid may reduce age-related, sustained low-level inflammation. The work relates to inflammaging, a process associated with functional decline and chronic diseases in older adults.

Sustained low-level inflammation is a hallmark of the aging process. The accumulating damage persistently activates the innate immune system—the body's first line of defense—leading to what is known as inflammaging, functional decline and chronic diseases of old age.