Part of the Hallmarks of Aging series. What–and why–are telomeres? The chromosomes that store your genetic information are capped at each ...
What’s eating you?
Many people think of sleep almost as if it were a state of suspended animation, like turning off a computer so that it can cool down. But while your c...
Metformin: Multipurpose marvel, or medical misfire?
Much rests on metformin’s shoulders: as the first drug to begin clinical trials for preventing multiple age-related diseases, it could soon become the...
The right scent in in stem cell research – Talking to Hartmut Geiger about stem cells and aging
Prof. Hartmut Geiger is an internationally honoured stem cell researcher currently directing the department „Molecular Medicine“ at the University Ulm...
Does the sandman retire? Why old people sleep poorly
If grandpa nods off in the middle of dinner, it’s not because you’re boring him. The aging process isn’t very kind to our ability to get to sleep at n...
Metformin: Stress versus strength
Imagine pulling a rubber band taut and flicking it with your finger. As long as you don’t flick too hard, the rubber band will always snap back into i...
Metformin: Can you have your cake and eat it, too?
When Americans 50 years ago envisioned the perfect youthful physique, the trim, athletic body would surely have sported a sun-baked complexion. And wh...
A bedtime story
Michael, 25, has had a long day. For the past 16 hours his body has been operating at full power to meet the challenges of daily life, metabolism humm...
Dr. Gordon Lithgow on the future of geroscience (part III)
Dr. Gordon Lithgow of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging spoke to us recently about the Caenorhabditis Intervention Testing program (part I) and...
The joy of scientific discovery, converging disease mechanisms, and failures of communication: Dr Gordon Lithgow on the past and present of geroscience (part II)
Dr. Gordon Lithgow of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, who spoke to us recently about the Caenorhabditis Intervention Testing Program, talks ...