Detailed mapping of 1.2 million brain cells has revealed that not all cell types age in the same way and that some – found in a specific ‘hot spot’ – are more sensitive to the aging process.

Vitamin D supplements may help prevent the loss of telomeres, DNA sequences that shrink with aging, a large study shows. But ...

Aging significantly impacts the immune system, notably through the involution of the thymus, which reduces T cell production.

Discover how subtle changes in vocal tone and patterns can reveal cellular aging processes before visible signs appear, and ...

A new aging atlas gives scientists an in-depth view of how individual cells and tissues in worms age and how different lifespan-extending strategies might stop the clock. The work is published in ...

Despite aging-related changes in the intestinal environment, ISCs continuously generate new cells to maintain this high turnover throughout life, suggesting the existence of protective mechanisms ...

Proteins that trigger cell senescence occupy much of the literature on aging, but a small RNA moves into the limelight. Kamal is a freelance science journalist based in the UK with a PhD in virology ...

a molecular biologist and the director of the Broad Stem Cell Research Center at the University of California at Los Angeles, who studies aging and longevity. Those people’s biological age are ...

We know that the risk of developing aging-associated diseases is different among different individuals. Surprisingly, however ...

For those hoping to cure death, and they are legion, a 2016 experiment at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego has become liminal — the moment that changed everything.

The aging and failure of cells that occurs when the liver is damaged can spread to other organs, suggests a new study in mice and humans from researchers at UCL, the University of Edinburgh and ...