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Aging

Do Animals Age Like We Do?

Researchers find shared mechanisms regulating longevity across species that could be targeted to test pro-longevity interventions in animals.

Chimpanzees go through menopause, too

Researchers have discovered that one of humanity’s closest relatives also experiences menopause, contradicting a popular hypothesis about the evolutionary origins of this process.

The Surprising Influence of Smell on Aging

by Hannah Smithfigures by Xiaomeng Han If you ask any aging researcher, “What is the easiest way to make an animal in the lab live longer,” they will likely say “change what, or how much, they eat.” However, new research shows that it’s not just the…

Can an Artificial Brain Help Study a Real One?

Scientists from North Carolina State University have applied deep learning algorithms to track neurodegeneration in worms, allowing for much faster image processing and extraction of cellular features that can distinguish between neurodegeneration…