Aging

Scientists working to improve the potency and safety of senolytic drugs have made a significant discovery, pioneering a new antibody treatment that closes in on the target cells with high precision, while leaving healthy cells unharmed.

Scientists at the University of East Anglia have found a way to accurately measure the age of lobsters using changes in their DNA. The new study is aimed at a better understanding of lobster life cycles and better managing lobster fisheries.

Scientists looking into the biological mechanisms behind deteriorating bones have made a discovery that could help tackle age-related conditions like osteoporosis, by rejuvenating stem cells that to are central to their healthy maintenance.

Animals, like us, experience a deterioration of memory in old age. But a new study suggests that cuttlefish are the first species in which this appears not to be the case.

A landmark new study offers some of the first insights into how our metabolism changes with age, revealing the rate at which we burn calories peaks in infancy and is remarkably constant between the ages of 20 and 60.

An intriguing study is proposing an innovative method to treat age-related memory loss. The preclinical research shows memory decline in aging mice can be reversed by manipulating the composition of structures in the brain known as perineuronal nets.

An 11-year study has found that difficulty hearing speech in noisy environments may be an early sign of dementia. The next step will be to investigate whether treating mid-life hearing impairments can reduce the risk of dementia developing later on.

New research from the Stanford University School of Medicine and the Buck Institute for Research on Aging is demonstrating a new tool that can calculate a person’s immune system age, which could help predict frailty and disease before symptoms appear.

A great deal of research centers on restoring youthful plasticity to older brains as a way of tackling some effects of aging, and a team in Austria has now identified a pair of promising new approaches – ketamine and flickering light.

A new imaging study comparing brain activity of superagers to youthful brains highlights exactly how some older adults can maintain good memory function, and directs researchers to brain regions that could be stimulated to enhance memory in aging adults.

A new study has produced first-of-a-kind scientific evidence of the connection between stress and graying hair, identifying proteins that seem to drive this process while also demonstrating how it might even be reversed.

Scientists have uncovered some surprising news ways ultrasound can improve cognition in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease, something they believe could have wider implications for restoring cognition in the elderly.