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Longevity Trends

We aim to share with you the most important news and trends in longevity published by the international press, opinion leaders, academic institutions and industry organizations.

Buck faculty chronicle 30 years of research on aging in review article...

July 15, 2019

Thirty years ago, aging biology gained unprecedented scientific credibility when gene variants were identified that extend the lifespan of the nematode C. elega...

For older men physical fitness = brain fitness

July 15, 2019

York University and McGill University research suggests that older men who exercise regularly may have better improvements in their cognitive function or execut...

US life expectancy has been declining. Here's why

July 15, 2019

The average life expectancy in the U.S. has been on the decline for three consecutive years. A baby born in 2017 is expected to live to be 78.6 years old, which...

Cellular response to chronic psychosocial stress: Ten-year longitudinal changes...

July 12, 2019

Previous studies have demonstrated an inverse association between chronic psychosocial stress and leukocyte telomere length (LTL), a potential marker of cellula...

What the 'Blue Zone' island of Sardinia can teach us about living longer

July 11, 2019

When explorer, researcher and author Dan Buettner first started investigating the concept of Blue Zones (the five regions across the globe where people live the...

Would your savings survive a 100-year life?

July 10, 2019

Welcome to your future. You’re in your 90s, which you probably never really expected. And you’re broke. Which you also didn’t expect. At least that’s what the...

Deep aging clocks: the emergence of AI-based biomarkers of aging...

July 08, 2019

First published in 2016, predictors of chronological and biological age developed using deep learning (DL) are rapidly gaining popularity in the aging research...

Neutral evolution shapes lifespan and aging

July 05, 2019

Different African killifish species vary extensively in their lifespans - from just a few months to several years. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for...

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