For decades, the idea of resetting the biological clock sounded more like speculative fiction than clinical strategy. The discovery of Yamanaka factors by Nobel laureate Shinya Yamanaka, which can ...

In late 2021 an Israeli billionaire named Yuri Milner gathered some of the most celebrated scientific minds of our time at his lavish US$100-million-dollar mansion in California. The topic of ...

Emerging research in cellular reprogramming, gene editing, and regenerative medicine is driving interest in preventive longevity medicine. Some researchers argue aging may be treated as a modifiable ...

The couple went on a quest to find a general theory that could explain what aging is and why and how it happens. After more than 20 years of "sustained intellectual effort"—first at Moscow State ...

A large longitudinal study of U.S. adults found that many older people improve in cognitive function or walking speed over ...