A newly identified mechanism explaining the possible cause for Alzheimer’s and traumatic brain injury may have also led to the discovery of an effective treatment. [read more]

Children who grow up in poverty or who are otherwise socially and economically disadvantaged may be more likely in old age to score lower than others on tests of cognitive [read more]

New work looks to understand how iron oxide nanoparticles age, and how aging may change their functional or safety profiles. By combining lab-based Mössbauer spectroscopy [read more]

Researchers have discovered a rare example in which the mammalian body functions better in old age. A team has found that, in skin wounds in mice, being older increased [read more]

Researchers have identified cellular processes that appear to supercharge both the growth and shrinkage of the chemical ‘caps’ on chromosomes associated with [read more]