People have been talking about terraforming and colonizing Mars since the beginning of space travel, and in the past few years that ambition seems to ...
Research roundup: The microbiome in neurodegenerative disease, and more
It’s looking increasingly likely that our little bacterial buddies have a major influence on neurodegenerative disease, from producing extra amy...
Can reducing PPAR-γ save the immune system?
One contributor to the aging of your immune system is that your thymus–the gland that turns leukocytes into T cells–is slowly replaced by ...
Merry Media, And A Happy New Year
We want you! Reason over at Fight Aging! lists nine promising approaches to rejuvenation therapy that he’d like to see in the very near future: ...
The Aging Immune System
The immune system degrades as we age. The elderly get sick more often, take longer to recover from illness or injury, are more prone to cancer, and mo...
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...
In the media this week: Aubrey, AI, and advocacy
Trust your doctor to diagnose you correctly? The Washington Post reports that 2/3 of doctors treating dementia patients backpedal on treatment plans a...
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...