For decades, the dream of fixing harmful mutations in mitochondrial DNA felt out of reach. Scientists have long known these ...

Mitochondria are the body's "energy factories," and their proper function is essential for life. Inside mitochondria, a set ...

Elizabeth Jonas first got interested in mitochondria by chance. In 1995, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Yale, working ...

Motor neurone disease (MND) is a rare but progressive neurological disorder characterised by the degeneration of motor ...

Did you know that a small molecule called NAD+ plays a critical role in our aging process? A deficiency of this molecule may ...

Can research into a rare, accelerated aging disease and "zombie cells" teach us something about the normal aging process?

Aging is the primary risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ...

It is well-known that diet influences physical aging processes. Certain dietary habits are recognized for promoting healthy ...

If you are not familiar with the term “Inflammaging,” you should be. Inflammaging refers to the chronic, low-grade, systemic ...

On this week’s program, could vision and cognitive changes be normal signs of aging or symptoms of something more serious?

Study results advance understanding of how human cells evolved and could help point to new solutions for patients with rare genetic diseases.

Platelet-derived growth factors can restore the proliferative potential of senescent cells taken from the degenerated intervertebral discs of aged humans.