[wpfilebase tag=file id=144 /]Kaneka Corporation (headquarters: Osaka, Japan; President: Mr. Kimikazu Sugawara) announced today that research in collaboration with Dr. Keiichi Higuchi (Professor of the Department of Aging Biology Institute of Pathogenesis and Disease Prevention, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine) reveals that Ubiquinol-10 decelerates senescence and age-associated hearing loss by a mechanism of activation of mitochondrial function through the expression of sirtuin genes (known as long life genes). This research was published online ahead of print on December 14 in international scientific journal of « Antioxidants & Redox Signaling » in the redox biology field.