HealthApril 1, 2015
Cell Studies Could Lead to Anti-Aging Drugs
Researchers have uncovered an ancient mechanism that retards aging. Drugs that tweaked it could well postpone cancer, diabetes and other diseases of old age
Stories by David Stipp
David Stipp is a Boston science writer who has focused on gerontology since the late 1990s. His book on the subject, The Youth Pill: Scientists at the Brink of an Anti-Aging Revolution, was published in 2010, and his article, "A New Path to Longevity," appears in the January 2012 issue of Scientific American. Stipp blogs about aging science here.
HealthApril 1, 2015
Can Fasting Slow Aging?
Intermittent fasting might improve health, at least according to research in animals
FitnessMarch 11, 2015
Beyond Resveratrol: The Anti-Aging NAD Fad
Whenever I see my 10-year-old daughter brimming over with so much energy that she jumps up in the middle of supper to run around the table, I think to myself, “those young mitochondria.” Mitochondria are our cells’ energy dynamos.
October 7, 2013
How Anti-Aging Drugs Could Help Medicare
When Google recently announced that it had formed a company, Calico, to tackle the challenge of aging and associated diseases, it said little about what the new spinoff would do.
HealthMarch 7, 2013
Thinning the Fog around Sirtuins
FitnessJanuary 1, 2013
How Intermittent Fasting Might Help You Live a Longer and Healthier Life
Intermittent fasting might improve health, but clinical data are thin
August 1, 2012
How Senescent Cells Spur Aging and Cancer
Cells that permanently stop dividing have long been recognized as one of the body's defenses against cancer. Now they are also seen as a sometime culprit in cancer and a cause of aging
HealthJanuary 1, 2012
A New Path to Longevity
Researchers have uncovered an ancient mechanism that retards aging. Drugs that tweaked it could well postpone cancer, diabetes and other diseases of old age
December 21, 2011
Naked Mole Rats Offer Clues to Living Longer
These creatures live more than five times longer than would be expected for their size. Research into the biological mechanisms underlying their longevity could suggest ideas for slowing aging in people
HealthDecember 20, 2011
Quest for Anti-Aging Drugs Transitions from Flaky to Mainstream