A study on worms led by researchers from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in the US has uncovered a previously ...

Getting older might seem like a slow, gradual process – but research suggests that this is not always the case. In fact, if ...

The kidneys are vital organs that sustain life by filtering the blood and producing urine. This filtration process takes ...

Kidney aging rarely draws attention until something goes wrong. Over time, these organs quietly lose strength, filter less efficiently, and struggle to keep the body balanced.

Aging may not be the slow, steady decline most people assume. Research from Stanford Medicine suggests the human body experiences sharp molecular upheaval at two specific points in life, around the ...

Scientists have long tried to unlock the secrets to helping people live longer at the cellular level, where aging occurs because of the gradual shortening of protective caps called telomeres at the ...

Multidimensional nature of aging: phenotypic changes across levels of biological complexity. The figure illustrates time-dependent phenotypic change across molecular, cellular, tissue, and organismal ...

This series was created for Google, the Buck Institute, Optispan and Phenome Health by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors. For most people, ...

When scientists want to study aging and how to slow it down, they often turn to microscopic worms or lab mice among other models. The former are too different from humans, while the latter are ...

Getting older might seem like a slow, gradual process – but research suggests that this is not always the case. In fact, if you wake up one morning, look in the mirror, and wonder if your aging ...