Oldest Man in History Dies at Age 116
Unfortunately on June 11 the world’s oldest person and the oldest man ever to live has died at age 116 Jiroemon Kimura died of natural causes in the hospital after suffering from a bout of pneumonia....
View ArticleSingle Molecule Found to Prevent Cancer in Naked Mole Rats, May Lead to Human...
The naked mole rat is of particular interest to longevity researchers. The animals live 10 times as long as their cousin rodents, more than 30 years. They are resistant to disease and in particular...
View ArticlePotential Cure For Cancer Developed
Cancer occurs when cells begin to divide uncontrollable, growing beyond the confines of its tissue infrastructure, spreading through the body taking over resources and leading to the death of the...
View ArticleScientists Create Artificial Peroxisomes
Aging is clearly a complex process, and it is naive to assume a single mechanism is responsible for it. We age because it is coded for by evolution. If there was a selective advantage for limitless...
View ArticleResveratrol Blocks Benefits of Exercise in Older Men
Both exercise and the polyphenol compound resveratrol have been shown to have positive health benefits. Hundreds of studies have proven that regular aerobic exercise reduces the risk of all diseases...
View ArticleChildren with Disease of Never Aging May Offer Clues to Immortality
For the most part, news about longevity centers on caloric restriction, rapamycin, mTOR, resveratrol, sirtuins, and reactive oxygen species. Despite the plethora of news and scientific research on...
View ArticleExtreme Endurance Athletes Live Longer
There is debate over whether regular extreme endurance exercise has a detrimental or beneficial effect on lifespan. Clearly any exercise is better than no exercise at all as multiple studies have...
View ArticleGoogle Forms New Company to Defeat Aging
Google has finally done something that was obvious and sorely needed – create a for-profit company that would foist tremendous resources and technological prowess to reduce or eliminate human aging....
View ArticleScientists Find Compound Reverses Aging in Mice
Recently the media has covered on a story about research in mice where it is claimed aging is reversed. The story originated from the lab of David Sinclair, a Harvard researcher, and is based on a...
View ArticleHundreds of Mutations Found in DNA of 115 Year Old
In 2005 a supercentenarian named passed away and she donated her body to science. This week researchers published intriguing new findings form research on her cells. They discovered that the subject’s...
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