UCLA researchers have found that specific molecular changes in mice may actually provide protective effects instead of causing harm.

Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and Sanford Burnham Prebys explore genetic factors in separate papers ...

Scientists have uncovered a powerful new clue in the mystery of brain aging: a single protein called FTL1. In aging mice, higher levels of this protein weakened connections between brain cells and led ...

Scientists uncover a metabolic vulnerability in aging cells that could be key to restoring resilience and combating ...

Aging does not arrive all at once. It builds quietly across years, touching cells long before symptoms appear.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study reveals that human blood stem cells age faster in orbit. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) For years, doctors and scientists have ...

A study published in Cell Research advances a central idea in stem cell biology by identifying a checkpoint that controls the ...

A new Yale study of roundworms, a species with the unique ability to regenerate, reveals that disruptions in the body's ...

Your body's blood-making stem cells, hematopoietic stem cells (HSC), are like factory managers who work best when calm and rested. But when stress hits, like infection or injury, they spring into ...