When I last wrote about the research I did on aging and exercise, I focused on one of the major ways biologists can tell where a person is in the aging process: the epigenetic clock. I described a ...

Walking is regarded to be an important form of physical activity for individuals belonging to all age groups. Several studies have linked walking with improved physical fitness and decreased risk of ...

Scientists from Mass General Brigham explored the associations between telomere length-which decreases as a person ages or is exposed to unhealthy environments-and the risk for age-related brain ...

“Our study shows that nutrients and other factors that are commonly known to impact telomere length have little to no direct association with it” “Our study shows that nutrients and other factors that ...

Elizabeth Blackburn is one of the world’s leading molecular biologists, with a deep understanding of cellular life and human aging. Her research has outlined some of the key factors in controlling ...

Telomeres are repeating sequences of DNA commonly described as being located at the “ends” of chromosomes inside our cells to ...

Telomere length has long been considered an important biomarker in human aging and disease, but most studies on the relationship between telomere length and health have looked only in a single tissue ...

Scientists investigate human telomere length to elucidate aging and diseases such as cancer and neurodegenerative disorders. In normal mammalian cells, a small telomeric DNA segment is lost after each ...