When I last wrote about the research I did on aging and exercise, I focused on one of the major ways biologists can tell where a person is in the aging process: the epigenetic clock. I described a ...

A new computational tool infers changes occurring at the ends of the chromosomes housing our DNA. It does so by detecting structural alterations in cells and tissues captured in images taken of ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – We don’t often, if ever, associate babies with aging. They may have adorable wrinkles, but those aren’t the same as the ones frequently associated with, say, an octogenarian. But the ...

We don’t often, if ever, associate babies with aging. They may have adorable wrinkles, but those aren’t the same as the ones frequently associated with, say, an octogenarian. But the reality is that ...

When a cell divides, a small section of the telomere of each chromosome is worn away. While most cells use the enzyme telomerase to mitigate this loss, about 10–15% of cancers use a different ...

A population-based study in Northern Sweden challenges assumptions about pollution and cellular aging, uncovering an unexpected signal of longer telomeres in patients with dementia that warrants ...

Hematology experts offer evaluation and monitoring for anemia, marrow failure, and blood cancers. They can also determine if a bone marrow transplants is right for you. Pulmonary specialists offer ...