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Aging Medicine
Oxytocin can boost heart cells' ability to regenerate.
Fluphenazine, once used to treat schizophrenia, is capable of blocking a compound connected to chronic pain.
For decades people have arranged to freeze their bodies after death, dreaming of resurrection by advanced future medicine. Many met a fate far grislier than death.
While Y chromosome loss was first observed in 1963, it was not until 2014 that researchers found the link to a shorter life span.
Proponents of transhumanism make big promises, such as a future in which we upload our minds into a supercomputer. But there is a fatal flaw in this argument: reductionism.
"Lac-Phe" grants obese mice the benefits of exercise — without exercising. But don't expect an "exercise pill."
The plant-like sea creatures contain a molecule that improves memory, learning, and even hair quality, according to a new study in mice.
Your old-fashioned chronological age is just a number. Your biological age can tell you how healthy you really are.
Protein fibrils accumulate in the brain during neurodegeneration. Cryo-electron microscopy has now uncovered fibrils of an unexpected protein.
Could we all attain this superpower?
Altos Labs, a new biotech firm with $3 billion in funding, has announced plans to combat aging. But what does that mean for human life span, exactly?
A small study suggests that IMST is as effective as medications or 30 minutes of aerobic exercise.
Altos Labs is an ambitious new anti-aging company with billions of dollars to back it up.
Scientists at UCLA and Penn argue that malfunctioning fat, not necessarily too much of it, is what makes people metabolically unhealthy.
Risqué or just risky?
Scientists ranked countries on their end-of-life care. The U.S. fared poorly.
Some of the most popular "anti-aging" diets show promise in rodent studies. But are they effective for humans?