Aging

A team at UC Berkeley investigated the effects of transfusing blood from young mice into old mice and vice versa. They found that young blood only slightly improves some functions (e.g. brain cell development) in old mice, but old blood significantly…

by Gabriel Filsinger figures by Anna Maurer Can biological aging be slowed or reversed? Time is constantly passing. Given enough time, we change as people and move between stages of life, transforming from children into young adults and evolving from…

1950s-era morgue that has not been remodeled since it was built [Brook Ward under a CC BY-NC 2.0 license] Women now tend to live longer than their male counterparts in every country in the world, but anatomy alone cannot fully explain why.  Looking to…

"... several groups have previously demonstrated that circulating factors found in young mouse blood are capable of rejuvenating various organs in aged mice."