Last week when we heard from Dr. Ristow, he turned the outdated notion of the “free radical theory of aging” on its head, and demonstrated that antiox...
Research roundup: Muscles from the lab, and more
We know you want to keep up with the relentless march of progress, but sometimes it’s just too relentless. So why not forget all those endlessly...
James Peyer: “The 21st century will be defined by our struggle against the diseases of aging.”
“At what age would you like to get Alzheimer’s?” This was the question posed by venture capitalist, former stem cell biologist and G...
Research roundup: Scientists stop premature aging in its tracks, and more
Researchers from Houston Methodist Research Institute took cells from patients with progeria, a devastating condition that causes premature aging, and...
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...
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...
Do aging circadian clocks have tricks up their sleeves?
Most lifeforms wrap their lives around a 24 hour wheel that dictates when to rise, when to eat, when to grow, and when to sleep. From its seat in a pa...
The hallmarks of aging, in plain English
Part of the Hallmarks of Aging series. Did you know you have two different ages? The obvious one is chronological age, or the number of years since yo...
Live slow, die old: Mounting evidence for caloric restriction in humans
Let’s say you wanted to hear a first-hand story of ordinary life 100 years ago. Where might you go to find a storyteller? Maybe you want to hear as ma...
TAME: Teaching old diabetes drugs new tricks
In 2014, researchers behind a study comparing two diabetes drugs were surprised to find that not only did patients on one of the medications have high...