by admin | Feb 17, 2023 | news articles
By Austin H. Wang – Harvard Crimson A team of Harvard researchers received a grant from the Vranos Family Foundation for a five-year project seeking to find new methods to treat neurodegenerative diseases, according to a December press release. The researchers...
by admin | Feb 16, 2023 | news articles
A Personal Perspective: It’s better than the alternative. By E E Smith – Psychology Today I think it was old-time radio comedian George Burns (of Burns and Allen fame) who said, “You can’t help getting older, but you don’t need to get...
by admin | Feb 15, 2023 | news articles
Students, researchers, and actors don AGNES for a taste of the friction, frustration, and fatigue that older adults often experience Adam Felts | MIT AgeLab Visitors to MIT’s AgeLab in the Center for Transportation and Logistics are greeted silently by a shiny...
by admin | Feb 14, 2023 | news articles
by Renée Onque – CNBC Most people are lucky to live to 100, but two women lived far beyond that, joining the ranks of the world’s oldest people — and they’re both from France. Jeanne Calment is believed to be the world’s oldest person on record, gracing the...
by admin | Feb 13, 2023 | news articles
By Laura Red Eagle – University of Wisconsin News Gene therapies have the potential to treat neurological disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, but they face a common barrier — the blood-brain barrier. Now, researchers at the University of...
by admin | Feb 10, 2023 | news articles
By Diana Kwon – Scientific American A detailed examination of gene activity in various organisms, including humans, reveals a new hallmark of the aging process Our DNA is made up of genes that vary drastically in size. In humans, genes can be as short as a few...
