longevity
Complex interactions may matter most for longevity, not single factors
Posted in Medicine on 17th May, 2014
by Alex Muller
Complex interactions among diet, mitochondrial DNA, and nuclear DNA appear to influence lifespan at least as much as single factors alone.
Longer Lives Across the Globe
Posted in Medicine on 15th May, 2014
by Alex Muller
While there is still a massive gap between low-income and high-income countries, the report shows that low-income countries have made the greatest progress.
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.
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.