An Active Immune System: The Genetic Secret of Healthy Centenarians
For years, we thought centenarians reached that age simply because they avoided diseases, that they had less accumulated damage. New research flips th...
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The immune system and aging
The Thymus Gland: Immune System Aging and Rejuvenation
Deep in the chest, behind the breastbone, sits a small gland most people have never heard of: the thymus gland. In childhood, it is at its full size, ...
Immune Cells and Brain Aging: The Protein That Accelerates Memory Decline
For years, we thought of the brain as a closed fortress, protected from the immune system by the blood-brain barrier. A new study published in News-Me...
Aging in Space: Organ Chips Reveal Inflammaging
Astronauts return from space older than they should be. Their muscles shrink, bones lose density, the immune system weakens, and inflammatory markers ...
Killifish Immune Aging: What Short-Lived Fish Teach Us
For decades, aging researchers had to choose between mice, which live two to three years, and humans, who live 80 years. This difference made it diffi...
HIV and Accelerated Aging: What Antiretroviral Therapy Revealed
For thirty years, we treated HIV as an immune system disease. Today, with effective antiretroviral drugs that suppress the virus to undetectable level...
Chinese Scientists Developed an 'Immune Clock' That Measures the True Age of Your Defense System
We know it's possible to measure the 'biological age' of DNA (epigenetic clocks), blood, and even skin. But the immune system—the central risk factor ...
The 80% Mystery: Why Women Overwhelmingly Suffer from Autoimmune Diseases, and What It Reveals About Immune Aging
If you read a list of autoimmune diseases - lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, scleroderma, myasthenia gravis - you'll find something tr...
Men vs. Women: Dramatic Differences in the Aging Rate of the Immune System
The differences in life expectancy between men and women, averaging 5 years, are not random. New research provides a deep biological explanation: the ...
Immune System at 65+: Why the Same Virus That Didn't Harm You in Your Youth Becomes Dangerous
If you caught a cold at 25, you recovered in a week. The same virus at 75 can land you in the hospital. Why? The immune system changes dramatically wi...
Women's immune systems age differently than men's. A new study in Nature explains why this matters
A study in Nature Aging from 982 samples reveals a distinct difference: women's immune systems age faster and differently than men's. The implications...
Medical Breakthrough: Artificial Lymph Node Offers New Hope in the Fight
The medical world is on the verge of a significant revolution in the fight against cancer: scientists at Johns Hopkins University have developed an ar...
It turns out that biological robots repair neurons when they are free!
Scientists from Tufts University have made a breakthrough discovery: the airway cells in our lungs, those commonly known as stationary cells, are capa...
Is the thymus gland aging? New research offers hope!
The thymus gland, located in the upper chest, is responsible for the production of T cells - an important type of white blood cells that protect the b...
How Scientists Are Fighting Aging with CAR T Cells
Our bodies are in a constant battle against aging, a gradual process that causes a decline in the function of many systems. One of the key drivers of ...
Innovative antibody therapy rejuvenates the immune system of old mice
As we age, our immune system weakens, making us more vulnerable to disease. New research has found that a novel antibody therapy may turn the tide and...
Taurine, a surprising amino acid
Taurine, an amino acid produced naturally in the human body, may be the most innovative supplement in the field of anti-aging, with the potential to i...
Astragalus: an ancient medicinal plant with diverse health properties
Telomeres are cap-like structures that protect the ends of chromosomes. Their length shortens with each cell division, and this shortening is closely ...