Gene editing could help reverse fast aging in progeria

Gene editing could be the solution to progeria, a genetic disease, characterised by extremely fast aging.…

When two forces join to make imaging brains more amazing than ever!

About a week ago the journal Science showed in its cover an amazing image of a…

Probacteria against aging

It is quite probable that you’ve heard from the benefits of yoghurt and other probacteria containing…

Caloric restriction: key to aging delay?

It is simply not possible to be forever young. That is a fact that we are…

Reprogramming aging

Reprogramming is considered to be the potential medical miracle of the century, it should in principle…

An out of phase clock’s relationship to aging

Everytime we travel across the Atlantic we realise the existence of our internal clock, mainly because…

What worms can teach us from aging. An interview with Olivia Casanueva

Olivia Casanueva is a successful woman in science. Not long ago she got an ERC Grant…

Enter new section: Aging

These days I start a new section on the blog. More than a year and a…

Learning music in old age can prevent grey matter loss

Music is not only a pleasure for our brains, it seems that learning it at an…

Losing the Y chromosome, bad for males, good for cancer

In humans, biological sex is determined by the chromosomes X or Y. People having a Y…