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For decades, the idea of a drug that could rewind aspects of human aging has belonged more to science fiction than hospital formularies. That boundary is starting to blur as a gene therapy called ...

Life runs on information. In living systems, that information takes two main forms: the genome and the epigenome. The genome stays mostly stable. The epigenome, however, constantly shifts, shaped by ...

For decades, aging has looked like a one-way street, a slow accumulation of damage written into our cells. Now a wave of experiments is suggesting that some of that cellular wear and tear can be ...

For those hoping to cure death, and they are legion, a 2016 experiment at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego has become liminal — the moment that changed everything. The experiment ...

Peer-reviewed discovery platform and data in PNAS show that single transcription factor modulation reverses aging-associated gene expression and restores healthy cellular and tissue function in models ...

Aging has long been seen as a natural, unstoppable part of life. From the moment we're born, our bodies transform — first through growth, then through gradual decline. Over time, stamina wanes, ...

SEVILLE – It was fitting that the European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ESGCT) invited the noted Spanish stem cell biologist Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, PhD, to deliver the keynote address at ...