Tag: aging
Animals
Nearly 200-Year-Old Tortoise Advances Aging Research As First to Contribute Epigenome Data
A tortoise born before Queen Victoria took the throne is giving scientists fresh clues about healthy ageing.
Researchers have been testing the genes of Jonathan, an Aldabra giant tortoise believed to be the...
Health
Exercise Habit After 55 Linked to Healthier Aging Signs, Study Finds
Two people can hit the same birthday and still be ageing very differently. A new study suggests one long-term habit linked to having more physiological reserve is decades of aerobic exercise.
Researchers at...
Heroes
This 65-Year-Old Just Became a World Deadlifting Champion, Redefining Strength at Any Age
A grandmother from Stratford-upon-Avon has become a three-time world champion powerlifter, just two and a half years after taking up the sport.
Martine Barons, now nicknamed The Deadlifting Grandma, said she started lifting...
Health
Did Stanford Scientists Just Find Seafood That May Reverse the Signs of Aging Naturally?
Sea squirts are an unlikely place to look for an anti-ageing compound, but researchers say a substance found in the edible marine animals reversed several signs of ageing in older mice.
Scientists from...
Animals
Dogs Could Unlock New Clues to Human Longevity — Here’s How
What shows up in a dog’s blood may say a lot about how it ages, and the same appears to be true for people.
Researchers with the Dog Aging Project found that patterns...
Health
Diabetes Pill May Slow Biological Aging, New Review Finds, Are Human Trials Next?
A diabetes drug that has been around since the 1950s may have a much bigger role than doctors first thought.
Researchers reviewing evidence on metformin say the medicine, widely used as a first-line...