Ageing News
|
Aubrey de Grey would like us all to live forever, so would Michael Rae; he took time out from a busy schedule to update us on the current state of play in gerontology.
|
|
Cambridge -
An interview with Aubrey de Grey, founder of the SENS Foundation and organiser of a forthcoming conference on life extension.
|
New York scientists have demonstrated how to halt the aging process in an organ for the first time in a mouse study. The organ functions well with age.
|
Growing old is a happier experience than many of us imagine - that’s according to the findings of a study conducted at Queen’s University, Belfast, on behalf of the Changing Ageing Partnership (CAP).
|
The inevitability of the ageing process and the onset of senescence - the process of deterioration with age - is a fact of life for most plant and animal species. Some, however, live to extreme ages, such as the English yew,
|
|
A study by scientists at UCL (University College London) shows that mice lacking the insulin receptor substrate (IRS)-1 are more resistant to ageing than normal mice. The research adds to a growing body of work showing the importance of insulin signalling
|
|
A gene called p53, known to inhibit cancer, has now shown signs of anti-ageing properties. This is the first time an anti-carcinogen has been specifically tested for anti-ageing ability.
|
|
Think that smoking causes yellowing and wrinkling on just the face? Think again.
|
apis-164590 apis-157587 apis-86455 apis-98557 apis-84026
Ageing Headlines
American singer and actress Whitney Houston has died at the age of 48.
Audio slideshow: Glamour and excitement of Bombay jazz age
TV viewers are largely satisfied with the portrayal of different age ranges in the media, research suggests.
Male giraffes' age can be estimated by looking at the colour of their coats, according to researchers.
How an ageing population threatens China's economy
|
 |
Top News
topnews-right-177628 topnews-right-177627 topnews-right-177618 topnews-right-177611 topnews-right-177486 topnews-right-177605 topnews-right-177630 topnews-right-177608
Ageing Image
Ageing Blogs
|
Empathy is comprised of two components: I. Cold Empathy: an intersubjective agreement as to the mental...
|
|
Empathy is on a precipitous decline in the family and home environments. Technology is partly to blame, but so are...
|
|
Today is World Health Day, an important event organised by the United Nations. For each World Health Day there is a...
|
|
Here is a round up of recent news affecting pharma, biotech and healthcare. US Congress investigates 'fake...
|
|
Richard Dawkins, the famous evolutionary biologist, traces the roots of evil to organized religion and to faith itself:...
|
|
Email this
Share on Facebook
