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It is well established that nutrition is vitally important to maintain health and to promote longevity. In addition to the macronutrients...

Modern science has scoured the planet for naturally-occurring compounds that might hold medicinal benefits. For example, rapamycin,...

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Adding the nutrient selenium to diets protects against obesity and provides metabolic benefits to mice, according to a study published...

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Tyshkovskiy A, Bozaykut P, Borodinova AA, Gerashchenko MV, Ables GP, Garratt M, Khaitovich P, Clish CB, Miller RA, Gladyshev VN. Cell...

A new epidemiological study published in The BMJ explores the association between eating red meat and the risk of death, specifically how...

The hallmarks of aging in skeletal muscle include endothelial cell dysfunction, impaired microcapillary formation, and a progressive...

[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] Over the past ten years, understanding of the physiological changes that...

Optimal maintenance of protein quality is critical for proper cellular functions. Protein turnover (PT) is a critical contributor to...

Tyler JK, Johnson JE Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 2018 Jan; PMID: 29363766 The goal of the aging field is to develop novel therapeutic...

The ultimate goal of aging research is to develop therapeutic means to extend human lifespan, while reducing susceptibility to many...

Postnikoff SDL, Johnson JE, Tyler JK Microb Cell 2017 Oct;4(11):368-375 PMID: 29167799 Aging is a complex, multi-factorial biological...

In order to delay aging, the process of aging must first be understood; that the aging of cells is what drives the aging of an organism....

Our work at the Orentreich Foundation for the Advancement of Science has proven that methionine restriction (MR) extends lifespan and has...

A team of researchers lead by Drs. Evandro Fang and Vilhelm Bohr of the National Institute of Aging–National Institutes of Health have...

Ables GP, Johnson JE Exp. Gerontol. 2017 Jan; PMID: 28108330 Methionine restriction (MR) extends lifespan across different species. The...

Cellular senescence, a stress-induced state in which cells are unable to divide, is known to prevent the proliferation of potentially...

Ables GP, Brown-Borg HM, Buffenstein R, Church CD, Elshorbagy AK, Gladyshev VN, Huang TH, Miller RA, Mitchell JR, Richie JP, Rogina B,...