A recent study has revealed surprising new details about the human aging process, showing that the breakdown of our bodies happens not gradually, but at two very specific points: ages 44 and 60. This ...

Life runs on information. In living systems, that information takes two main forms: the genome and the epigenome. The genome stays mostly stable. The epigenome, however, constantly shifts, shaped by ...

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Geroscience shifts the medical focus from treating individual diseases to targeting the fundamental biological drivers of aging. Cellular senescence involves aging cells that cease division but ...

An international team of neuroscientists and anthropologists has found that the parts of the brain that grew the most during human evolution are the parts that are now the most susceptible to aging.

Researchers have uncovered DNA markers associated with retroelements, remnants of ancient viral genetic material, in our genes that act as highly accurate epigenetic clocks predicting chronological ...

The protective proteins in our bodies aren’t just great for fending off infection—they could also fight the effects of getting older. Normally, antibodies are protective proteins produced by our ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an MIT Senior Fellow & Lecturer, 5x-founder & VC investing in AI The thing about aging is that it affects everybody. Since ...