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Researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School recently reached an important new conclusion about the link between the characteristics of cells in the human body and human lifespan which could help shape future longevity treatments. Writing in the journal Nature, the researchers found that cells known as senescent immune cells pose the greatest challenge […]

Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) have made an interesting discovery that could be used to help counteract the effects of Alzheimer’s disease – and in particular, memory loss. There are currently no effective strategies to prevent, slow down or cure Alzheimer’s disease known to medical science. A central characteristic of Alzheimer’s is […]

Researchers working in the US, Germany and Denmark and supported by the National Institute on Aging have found a more accurate way to predict remaining lifespan than is currently used. The findings were published in Nature Aging and suggest that a decline in the function of the nervous system is a contributing factor to mortality […]

A new study focusing on the use of artificial intelligence to perform a scan of the heart’s electrical activity (an electrocardiogram or ECG) has provided some new insights into human longevity. The study, carried out by researchers at Mayo Clinic and published in the European Heart Journal, used an AI program to examine data from […]

A new study published by the American Psychological Association argues that subjective age is linked to physical health. A team of researchers at the German Centre of Gerontology in Berlin spent three years examining data collected from more than 5,000 German citizens aged 40 or over, and concluded that there are a host of health […]

A large-scale scientific study carried out by the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has possibly taken a major step towards uncovering the source of Alzheimer’s disease. The research analyzed blood samples from 10,000 middle-aged and elderly individuals – some of them taken decades ago as part of an ongoing investigation – and identified […]

Alzheimer’s disease blights the lives of millions of people around the world, and the number of those suffering from it is expected to only increase in the 21st century. Fortunately, those with expertise in this area are expanding the scope of their research to find new ways to resist and prevent AD. In addition to […]

Researchers from Penn State College of Medicine and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem have developed a new experimental approach that helps experts better understand the sources of Parkinson’s disease – and potentially pave the way for effective prevention. In a study published in the journal Structure, they focus on the ways in which individual proteins […]