Aging

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

Scientists found that antibodies usually protecting us against infections are drivers of fat and whole-body aging.

Scientists have developed models that can predict disease predisposition based on how “old” organs appear.

Scientists have discovered that mitochondria bursting may cause cellular aging.

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

No one can escape aging. But scientists have found that turtles and tortoises live much longer and barely age compared to humans and other animals.

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…

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…

by Isabella Grabskifigures by Jovana Andrejevic In 1935, a scientist named Clive McCay published a startling discovery: rats with severely restricted diets lived up to 33% longer than previously known possible. Over the last few decades, similar…

by Aditya Misra and Shreya Mathurfigures by Wei Wu and Jovana Andrejevic 117 million U.S. adults have one or more preventable chronic diseases related to diet, such as cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, and type 2 diabetes. In an effort to…