Aging muscles heal more slowly after injury—a frustrating reality familiar to many older adults. A UCLA study conducted in mice reveals an unexpected cause: Stem cells in aged muscle accumulate higher ...

Scientists discover how aging alters the function of cells, called mesenchymal drift, and manage to reverse this process.

If severe DNA damage is not repaired, the consequences for the health of cells and tissues are dramatic. A study led by ...

Taken together, the work shows that spaceflight can speed and then reverse blood-based aging signals through immune and ...

For decades, aging has looked like a one-way street, a slow accumulation of damage written into our cells. Now a wave of ...

Although DNA is tightly packed and protected within the cell nucleus, it is constantly threatened by damage from normal ...

Companion studies suggest muscle begins to decline decades before sarcopenia takes hold for keeps. The best part: The process ...

For some, January is a time for resolutions, with the goal often tied to being fitter and healthier. And increasingly this ...

Life Biosciences will test its gene therapy designed to partially reset a cell’s age and potentially reverse vision loss in patients with glaucoma and NAION.

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have characterized how cellular senescence—a biological process in ...

Here’s what doctors say to do to boost longevity.

During vaccination, the immune system is purposefully exposed to weakened, inactivated, or a component of pathogens so that the body can recognize their molecular structures in the future and mount a ...