UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM IMAGE: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA RESEARCHER EYLEEN JORGELINA O’ROURKE, PHD, AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN SEEKING TO IDENTIFY THE MECHANISMS DRIVING HEALTHY AGING AND LONGEVITY. CREDIT: DAN ADDISON | UVA COMMUNICATIONS University of Virginia scientists have identified a promising approach to delay aging by detoxifying the body of glycerol and glyceraldehyde, harmful by-products...
UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND The age-old quest for immortality has taken a step forward with the results of an Aotearoa New Zealand study just published in leading international journal Nature Ageing. The Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland trial demonstrates that long-term treatment of healthy mice from middle-age (one year) with a drug currently used to treat...
ELIFE Adding the nutrient selenium to diets protects against obesity and provides metabolic benefits to mice, according to a study published today in eLife. The results could lead to interventions that reproduce many of the anti-aging effects associated with dietary restriction while also allowing people to eat as normal. Several types of diet have been shown...
