Telomere length has long been considered an important biomarker in human aging and disease, but most studies on the relationship between telomere length and health have looked only in a single tissue ...

Researchers at Washington State University (WSU) report that they have created genetically-engineered mice that could help accelerate anti-aging research. “This is the first mouse model with truly ...

The length of telomeres that protect the ends of our chromosomes should be tightly regulated. Those that are too long predispose to cancer, and those that are too short lose their protective ability, ...

Broer L, Codd V, Nyholt DR, et al. Meta-analysis of telomere length in 19,713 subjects reveals high heritability, stronger maternal inheritance and a paternal age effect. Eur J Hum Genet. 2013;21:1163 ...

Patience isn’t Elizabeth Parrish’s strong suit. As the CEO of BioViva, a biotech firm focused on extending life through DNA manipulation, she tested her gene therapy program on herself. Back in 2015, ...

CRISPR/Cas9 technology enables efficient loss-of-function analysis of human genes using somatic cells. Studies of essential genes, however, require conditional knockout (KO) cells. Here, we describe ...

Scientists have produced the first gap-free sequencing of the human genome. The Telomere-to-Telomere Consortium formally published their findings Thursday. Advancements in technology allowed the group ...

Researchers delivered a modified RNA that encodes a telomere-extending protein to cultured human cells. Cell proliferation capacity was dramatically increased, yielding large numbers of cells for ...

Within each cell, there is a constant struggle between life-sustaining molecules and molecules that could hasten its demise.

Researchers discovered that bowhead whales achieve extraordinary longevity and cancer resistance through highly efficient and ...

Achieving eternal life has long been on humanity’s to-do list, but until we figure out how to upload consciousness to the cloud, we’ve got to make the best of our aging, increasingly decrepit skin ...