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Low-protein, amino acid-supplemented "longevity diet" linked to longer healthy lifespan, lower fat mass and frailty risk, and better metabolic health
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (521+ words) A plant- and fish-based, low-protein diet paired with small amounts of an amino acid commonly found in eggs, meat and dairy increased healthy lifespan and decreased frailty and fat mass in mice, according to a new USC study published today…...
Early-life determinants of cardiometabolic outcomes and accelerated biological ageing in Colombia
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (99+ words) Aging is dedicated to advancing our understanding of the biological mechanisms that drive aging and the development of age-related diseases. Our mission is to serve as a platform for high-quality research that uncovers the cellular, molecular, and systemic processes underlying…...
Duke-NUS scientists uncover how physical activity may help protect older adults against cancer
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (444+ words) Their study reveals that ageing muscles lose protective signals that help suppress tumour development, but exercise can restore this vital function. image: An electron microscopy image of extracellular vesicles secreted by muscles. view more Credit: Image credit: Goh Kah Yong,…...
Ageing: how scientific progress is changing our understanding of the biology of ageing
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (257+ words) A new review from Wroclaw Medical University suggests ageing emerges from interactions among multiple biological processes rather than a single universal mechanism. image: A graphic prepared by Wroclaw Medical University highlighting selected facts discussed in a review article by Dr....
Teaching the immune system to fight aging
1+ week, 4+ day ago (500+ words) image: HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar Corina Amor Vegas engineered CAR-T cells to recognize and destroy senescent cells " the "zombie cells" that accumulate during aging and drive inflammation, frailty, and metabolic decline. view more HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar Corina Amor Vegas…...
Social inequality is linked to faster biological aging
1+ week, 4+ day ago (138+ words) Credit: MPI for Human Development Social disparities reflected in biological aging The researchers also examined racial and ethnic disparities in biological aging. In U. S. -based studies included in the analysis, Black participants show faster biological aging than white participants when measured…...
Researchers uncover how aging cells may trigger heart attacks and strokes
2+ week, 5+ day ago (365+ words) image: Sivareddy Kotla, Ph. D. view more Credit: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON, JUNE 4, 2026 " Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered a molecular pathway that drives certain stressed or aging cells to…...
Genetic trade-off between youth and longevity uncovered by researchers
3+ week, 16+ hour ago (336+ words) image: The killifish is an emerging model for investigating the genetic architecture of aging and age-related pathologies, which often exhibit sex-specific patterns between females (left) and males (right). view more Researchers have identified a gene that directly links early-life growth…...
DNA methylation clocks may help explain how social inequality influences mortality
3+ week, 6+ day ago (189+ words) Race, ethnicity, education, income, and occupation are important social factors affecting health and longevity" Credit: Copyright: " 2026 Shen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4. 0), which permits unrestricted…...
International experts connect infections and aging through cellular senescence
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (245+ words) Credit: Copyright " 2025 Rapamycin Press LLC dba Impact Journals Impact Journals " is a registered trademark of Rapamycin Press LLC RAPAMYCIN PRESS " is a registered trademark of Rapamycin Press LLC "Here we propose the concept of infection-driven senescence (IDS) to describe the…...