While chronological age is easily measured, it fails to capture the complex biological processes that determine the rate of aging. A new proteomic aging clock may predict biological age, mortality ...

Can research into a rare, accelerated aging disease and "zombie cells" teach us something about the normal aging process? Did you know that a small molecule called NAD + plays a critical role in our ...

Nobody enjoys growing older (though it certainly beats the alternative). As we age, our bodies change in a multitude of different ways. Along with graying hair and wrinkles, there is also a general ...

A new study reveals a connection between early life trauma and adult brain aging. Adults reporting severe childhood stress ...

You may have heard of NAD plus supplements on social media recently. They're currently seeing a rise in popularity thanks to claims that they can "reverse" the aging process. But how true is that? NAD ...

This is the final installment of a three-part series on aging and disabilities. In the United States during the 1970s, a movement began that was labeled the “Independent Living Movement.” As this name ...

His team found that aging cells remodel their ER through a process called ER-phagy, which selectively targets specific ER subdomains for breakdown. The discovery that ER-phagy is involved in aging ...

You've probably heard the expression that "you're only as old as you feel." However, there's more to a healthy and happy retirement than willpower and positive thinking, according to a recent study.