Understanding the Ageing Process: What Happens as We Grow Older: By Shreoshree Chakrabarty As you grow older, you have more control over your health and how you feel than you might think.

It's no revelation that our health malfunctions as the years advance. But researchers believe that, rather than being a gradual, linear process, ageing in fact occurs in two dramatic "bursts". In 2024 ...

The protective proteins in our bodies aren’t just great for fending off infection—they could also fight the effects of getting older. Normally, antibodies are protective proteins produced by our ...

If you looked at two snapshots of the same maple tree taken in July and December, you'd see a dramatic change from summer's full green crown to winter's bare branches. What those two photos don't show ...

When Raghav Sehgal arrived at Yale as a graduate student several years ago, he wanted to explore the use of powerful computer science tools in cancer research. With an engineering background and a ...

The research on metformin and human longevity is scant, but that hasn’t stopped some people from experimenting with it. By Mohana Ravindranath A few years ago, Marc Provissiero, a movie producer ...

Chronological age refers to a person’s age based on when they were born. The term biological aging describes the age of their cells, which can differ depending on genetic and environmental factors.

The longevity conversation, and our obsession with reversing ageing, has hit Hollywood. In the blockbuster sci-fi body horror movie, The Substance, Demi Moore plays an ageing fitness instructor who ...

Experts cautioned that the study has its limitations, but seems promising for future research in the field REUTERS/Laurie Chen Researchers used AI to develop rentosertib, a drug initially designed to ...