Publications

A notable investigation about the inheritance of long healthy life was published this week in the journal Age and Aging. A team of scientists at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine [1] found that women whose mothers live more than 90 years had the 25 % expectancy to live a long time too. The presence of two long-lived parents ...

Naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) is a unique species for the study of aging. Unlike other rodents, this animal is distinguished by the exceptional longevity and can live more than 30 years. This month, BMC Biology published two articles of scientists from the Leibniz Institute on Aging, which present transcriptomic and proteomic ...

​​Author: Lindsey TannerGo ahead and have that cup of coffee, maybe even several more. New research shows it may boost chances for a longer life, even for those who down at least eight cups daily.In a study of nearly half-a-million British adults, coffee drinkers had a slightly lower risk of death over 10 years than abstainers. The appare...

​Death rates in later life flatten out and suggest there may be no fixed limit on human longevity, countering some previous work.Author: Elie DolginThere might be no natural limit to how long humans can live — at least not one yet in sight — contrary to the claims of some demographers and biologists.That's according to a statistical analysis publis...

A new article about the basic mechanisms of aging once again demonstrates the significant contribution of the gut microbiome status in this process. In the study, scientists from the McGill University increased lifespan of Drosophila males by using of a combination of probiotics and an herbal supplement.​You are what you eat. Or so the...