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Using Flies Researchers Discover How Aging Affects Stem Cells

Using Flies Researchers Discover How Aging Affects Stem Cells

By Technology Networks | Cell Science - Scientists from the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) have identified key changes to both chromosome structure and gene expression that affect stem cell function during aging. Using fruit flies, they found that...

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Whole Foods Founder John Mackey Is Taking On Longevity Next

Whole Foods Founder John Mackey Is Taking On Longevity Next

By Margaux Anbouba - Vogue - “We are not destined to be a product of our genes,” John Mackey, the cofounder of organic grocery store Whole Foods, tells me. “We have the power to shape our health and well-being through the choices we make every day—whether it’s...

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Make Longevity Risk Part of Your Retirement Plan

Make Longevity Risk Part of Your Retirement Plan

By Janet Bodnar - Kiplinger - Retirees face a laundry list of financial risks: market risk, interest rate risk, inflation risk, health risk, to cite a few. Add to that litany yet another uncertainty: longevity risk. It’s possible that in planning for your assets to...

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Healthy Aging Month 2024: Shaping the Future of Aging

Healthy Aging Month 2024: Shaping the Future of Aging

By National Institute on Aging - In celebration of Healthy Aging Month this September, join NIA to shape the future of healthy aging through activities and events designed to highlight recent scientific innovations, global insights on longevity, and steps everyone can...

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Study reveals the benefits and downside of fasting

Study reveals the benefits and downside of fasting

by Anne Trafton - MIT News - Fasting helps intestinal stem cells regenerate and heal injuries but also leads to a higher risk of cancer in mice, MIT researchers report. Low-calorie diets and intermittent fasting have been shown to have numerous health benefits: They...

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