For decades, circular RNA was treated as little more than molecular background noise — stable fragments that accumulated in ...

Recently, a new phenomenon related to stem cell aging was observed in a study at the Sanford Stem Cell Research Institute in UC San Diego (UCSD). The research team found that the microgravity and ...

Improvements in public health have allowed humankind to survive to older ages than ever before, but, for many people, these added golden years are not spent in good health. Aging is a natural part of ...

Scientists found that compounds in coffee interact with a cell receptor that helps reduce stress and inflammation.

(Aging Untold) — The human body is made up of trillions of cells that perform functions from skin protection to muscle movement. Cells can renew themselves and remove damaged cells, but aging and ...

Yuancheng Ryan Lu could barely breathe while he waited for his labmate to adjust the microscope focus. On the slide in front of them were the results of Lu’s latest attempt to turn back time for ...

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 ...

Researchers have identified an unexpected mechanism that links age-related stress to the decline of blood-forming stem cells.

Your morning coffee may offer more than just a quick jolt of alertness. New research from Queen Mary University of London reveals caffeine's remarkable ability to extend the lifespan of cells by ...

Scientists succeed in reversing liver damage by removing key aged cells, p21-TREM2, that cause inflammation and fat ...

Rutgers University researchers find that certain aging immune T cells can blunt cell expansion and may help explain why many ...