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Plunging into the genes of the humble rockfish could help us treat age-related diseases. By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira - Popular Science The lifespan of humans has grown in the past two centuries from an average of 30 to 72 years old. Despite this impressive change in...

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 on the...

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 Old!" (My sentiments exactly)....

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 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 Earth for...

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 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 hundred...

by Teresa Ghilarducci  - Forbes There is another reason you want to know your parents and siblings genetics and if they have had or of have cardiovascular disease or diabetes. You may want to prepare for the inevitability of your relatives needing your time or money...

WINSTON-SALEM, NC, February, 2023 -- The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) and the Regenerative Medicine Foundation (RMF) have announced that the 20th edition of the World Stem Cell Summit will be held in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in...

by Roberto Molar Candanosa, Johns Hopkins University Researchers have discovered a surprising anomaly in the behavior of how proteins form, upending long-held assumptions about the way cells produce these crucial molecules and potentially leading to a better...

Abstract In 2021, China became an aged society when the share of its elderly population (age 65 years and above) exceeded 14%. In China, as in other upper-middle-income and high-income countries, life expectancy gains are increasingly concentrated at older ages with...

By Alice Park - Time.com It’s been 13 years in the making, but Dr. David Sinclair and his colleagues have finally answered the question of what drives aging. In a study published Jan. 12 in Cell, Sinclair, a professor of genetics and co-director of the Paul F. Glenn...