Could disruptions in the flow of energy through mitochondria cause everything from type 2 diabetes to Alzheimer’s?

Recently, scientists have turned their attention to how epigenetics — changes in gene expression that happen without altering DNA — affect the aging process.

Scientists have long suspected that aging leaves chemical fingerprints on the DNA packaging inside our cells. Now a team at ...

Episodes 9-10 reveal that the Devil’s forced mortality is measured by Steve Horvath’s 2013 UCLA epigenetic clock, and that ...

Larger breeds like Great Danes seem to accumulate changes to chemical tags on their DNA more quickly than tinier breeds, such ...

Scientists at the University of Bonn in Germany have found a way to make human cells display biological characteristics ...

Researchers link large dogs' shorter lifespans to faster loss of DNA methylation around LINE1 "jumping genes", suggesting a possible molecular pathway to ageing and age-related disease.

Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly say their GLP-1 drugs slowed biological aging by several years in early data. Here's what the ...

GLP-1 medications for weight loss and diabetes appeared to slow the body's aging processes in mice, a sign that the drugs ...

New research from Novo Nordisk A/S ( NVO) and Eli Lilly and Company ( LLY) suggests that their GLP-1 drugs may slow down ...

Famous for being the oldest known land animal, Jonathan, an Aldabra giant tortoise who is at least 194 years old, is revealing why he's outlasted the expected lifespan for his species. Researchers who ...