One of the most enduring goals in regenerative medicine is deceptively simple: replace a person's damaged or dying cells with ...

Improvements in public health have allowed humankind to survive to older ages than ever before, but, for many people, these ...

Tech advances already show a future of testing in which we might not have to suffer and die while waiting for systems that ...

Researchers describe a new way by which cells adapt to the aging process: by actively remodeling the endoplasmic reticulum, ...

In A Nutshell As cells age, they deliberately shrink a major internal structure called the endoplasmic reticulum. This downsizing happens early in adulthood and shifts cells away from protein ...

For decades, animals have served as the default for drug testing, but the biological divide between species is proving costly. Currently, only about 10 percent of drugs that enter human trials receive ...

The idea Improvements in public health have allowed humankind to survive to older ages than ever before, but, for many people, these added golden years are not spent in good health. Aging is a natural ...

“For many cell-based therapies, progress comes from connecting the right pieces at the right moment,” Klein said. “When ...

As people age, muscles naturally lose mass and strength, a condition known as sarcopenia. The decline can make everyday ...

While the latest UK Government report into animal testing was keen to highlight a (very slight) decrease from 2.67 million ...

When nutrients run low, hair follicle stem cells can stop making hair and help repair the skin instead. A drop in the amino acid serine triggers this switch, accelerating wound healing.