New research from the University of Minnesota Medical School has identified fatty acids that selectively induce death in ...

Neurodegenerative diseases affect more than 57 million people globally. The incidence of these diseases, from Alzheimer's to Parkinson's to ALS and beyond, is expected to double every 20 years.

“Our goal was to understand not just what changes with aging, but why,” shared Junyue Cao, who heads the Laboratory of Single Cell Genomics and Population Dynamics . “By mapping both cellular and ...

Aging is associated with increased risk for nearly every lung disease, including acute conditions like pneumonia and chronic diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, idiopathic pulmonary ...

Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Monash University report that they have developed a new method to measure biological aging in individual cell types. The new tool offers a more ...

A new study maps millions of cells across organs and shows how aging changes the body in coordinated and surprising ways.

Yeast, worms, and mice remodel their endoplasmic reticulum early in the aging process. The protective shift offers potential targets to extend healthy lifespan.

As people reach middle age and beyond, their waistlines tend to expand. Additional abdominal fat is known to cause a variety of health problems; it can accelerate aging; slow metabolism down; and ...