It’s looking increasingly likely that our little bacterial buddies have a major influence on neurodegenerative disease, from producing extra amy...
In the media: Salamanders, supercentenarians and Silicon Valley
Can we “unlock a human’s inner salamander” with stem cell therapies? 3D-printed organs, uploaded brains, and disease-fighting nanobo...
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...
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...
Dead to the world for longer life
Sleeping is so easy you could, well, do it in your sleep. For now, anyway – you may not always have it so good. By our twilight years many of us...
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...