longevity

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

Social connections in female giraffes are shown to be a strong predictor of decreased mortality.

Genes delivered by a virus successfully mitigated the effects of age-related diseases, such as heart and kidney disease, in a recent mouse study. Following this success, a similar gene therapy treatment is in trial to prevent a certain form of heart…

We cannot predict how long we each live, but can our genes? For as long as longevity has been a desirable good, it has never been equally distributed across humanity, not even within families. The role of heritable traits in longevity is still debated.…