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: 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...
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 ...
When copy-paste attacks: A possible answer to the mystery of Alzheimer’s disease
The first thing you’ll notice if you look at existing treatments for Alzheimer’s disease is that they don’t work. The second thing you’ll notice is th...
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...