Longevity science

Imagine being 80 years old and discovering that some of your body’s cells could be made to resemble those of a teenager. It sounds like something pulled straight out of science fiction, but researchers in Germany have achieved something remarkably close in a laboratory experiment. Scientists at the University of Bonn have reprogrammed blood cell …

Getting older often comes with a frustrating change: the energy that once seemed endless becomes harder to maintain. Now, scientists investigating the aging process have identified a potential reason hidden deep inside our cells, and their experiments suggest that part of this decline could be reversible. The discovery focuses on mitochondria, the tiny structures responsible …