aging
Blood of world's oldest person hints at limits of life
Posted in Medicine on 25th Apr, 2014
by Alex Muller
Death is the one certainty in life; a pioneering analysis of blood from one of the world's oldest and healthiest women has given clues to why it happens.
Google scoops up another high-profile scientist for anti-aging project
Posted in Business on 22nd Apr, 2014
by Alex Muller
Googles secretive Project Calico is aimed at defeating death itself, or at least staving it off far longer than ever before.
Living organ regeneration 'first' by gene manipulation
Posted in Science on 9th Apr, 2014
by Alex Muller
An elderly organ in a living animal has been regenerated into a youthful state for the first time, UK researchers say.
UK centenarian numbers rise steeply in a decade
Posted in Science on 22nd Mar, 2014
by Alex Muller
The number of people living in the UK aged 100 increased by 73% in the decade to 2012, said the Office for National Statistics.
Microbes and Metabolites Fuel an Ambitious Aging Project
Posted in Medicine on 15th Mar, 2014
by Alex Muller
Craig Venters new company wants to improve human longevity by creating the worlds largest, most comprehensive database of genetic and physiological information.