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Aging

Beyond Sex: The Role of the X and Y Chromosomes in Immunity, Cancer, and Metabolism

Determining biological sex is only a fraction of the impact cellular processes exert on overall human health. While medicine has long attributed sex-based differences...

Cellular recycling does not simply decline with age, study finds

Autophagy - the process cells use to break down and recycle damaged proteins and other cellular waste - has often been described as one...

Does the Immune System Decline or Adapt? Interview with Kosuke Hashimoto

What happens to the immune system when someone lives to 110? Does it collapse under decades of wear and tear, succumbing to the inevitable...

The Immune System Doesn’t Just Age – It Adapts: What Supercentenarians Are Teaching Us

For most of modern immunology, the story has been straightforward and sobering: as we age, our immune system deteriorates. This process, called immunosenescence, leaves...

A low standard of living accelerates aging by decades: new large-scale study

At first glance, it is entirely logical and obvious that financial instability and a low quality of life negatively impact health. However, a new...

From Myths to Evidence: Modern Principles of Women’s Health Management

Today, the field of women’s health is at the epicenter of a global transformation. Decades of silence and stigma have been replaced by scientific...

The Pandemic’s Hidden Impact: COVID-19 Accelerated Brain Aging

Recent scientific research, published in Nature Communications, has revealed a previously unnoticed, harmful effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the brain. A team of...

The Effect of Exercise in a Single Molecule

Is it possible to maintain muscle strength and health as we age, reduce the risks of diabetes and sarcopenia, or prolong an active lifestyle? Scientists...