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The Hallmarks of Aging: Loss of Proteostasis
Part of a series on the Hallmarks of Aging. Proteins don’t do everything in your body, but it’s fair to say they control everything. What they don’t d...
Research roundup: Growth hormone receptor mutations in centenarians, and more
A study of centenarians finds a certain mutation of the growth hormone receptor gene is more common among men, but not women, compared to 70-year-old ...
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...
Research roundup: Ancient worms of the deep sea provide clues to the evolution of long lifespans, and more
Lessons from 300 year old tubeworms: The low 0.67% mortality rate … supports longevity theory, which states that in the absence of extrinsic mor...
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...
Your DNA ages too: Genomic instability as a hallmark of aging
Part of the Hallmarks of Aging series. The cells in our bodies are constantly churning out proteins and other structures, built according to the bluep...