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New Genetic Model Accurately Predicts Who's Likely to Live to 100
In 1997, Jeanne Louise Calment of France died at the age of 122, making her the oldest documented human to have ever lived. People who live to be 100 years or older are rare, and only about 1 in...
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Scientists Retract Controversial Longevity Study, Blaming Equipment, But...
LongevitySanta Rosa OldSkool via FlickrA 100th birthday celebration in Brazil.Remember last year's death-predicting longevity-gene study, estimating who is likely to live to 100 and who will not be so...
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Can Eating Buckyball-Infused Olive Oil Prolong Your Lifespan?
Gray Whiskersstacey.d via FlickrWith their strange 60-atom structures, buckyballs could have potential as drug carriers, medical tracers, cancer fighters and other interesting applications in the human...
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Mouse Brain Cells Can Live Years Longer Than The Mice They Came From
Mouse NeuronsCourtesy Lorenzo MagrassiIn a new study from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, mouse brain cells implanted into rats survived as long as the rats did, double the average...
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Americans Are Living Longer. Are Those Extra Years Healthy Ones?
Healthy LivingU.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO)In 1960, Americans could expect to live, on average, to just before 70. In 1900—just about the time period of Downton Abbey—the life...
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Hints To Longevity Found In Blood Of 115-Year-Old Woman
Hendrikje van Andel-SchipperAndreas VanderSchaaf / YouTubeHendrikje van Andel-Schipper lived until the age of 115.Born in 1890, Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper died at the age of 115 in 2005, leaving her...
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Shorter Men Live Longer, Study Says
Napoleon at the Battle of RivoliFélix PhilipoteauxNapoleon probably would've liked this news.It's nice to be tall, right? Sure, it's great... unless you want to become an astronaut, or a horse jockey,...
View ArticlePushing The Limits Of The Human Body
We humans are programmed to grow stronger, faster, and smarter; to climb higher, live longer, and populate every last inch of real estate. We’ve toppled scores of world records over the past few...
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Genetic Analysis Of 110-Year-Olds Finds No Secret
You Don't Have to Be Super-Healthy to Be a SupercentenarianU.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO)But you do have to have the right genes.Is the secret to long life in a gene? We don't...
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Tweaking One Enzyme Doubles A Worm's Lifespan
Now C. Elegans can live twice as longNational Human Genome Research Institute via Wikimedia CommonsFrom the second we’re born, our cells are given their marching orders for how to grow, mature, and...
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Antidepressants Extend The Lives Of Roundworms By Flipping Genetic Switches
Scientists may make C. elegans immortal before they can do the same for humansNational Human Genome Research Institute via Wikimedia CommonsThough many entrepreneurs and innovators are working to...
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Hormone Boosts Immune Function And Might Extend Your Lifespan
Yale NewsDegenerated thymusAs you age, the thymus becomes fattier, limiting its ability to generate pathogen-hunting T cells.As we age, lots of things don’t work as well as they used to. The immune...
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Long Live Dogs (And Everyone)
Health A drug trial underway in Seattle could extend the lives of family pets. Some day, it might do the same for people. A trial underway in Seattle could extend the lives of beloved family pets....
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Who Will Be First To "Hack The Code" Of Aging?
Health A race to the finish In 2014, Joon Yun, founder of the Palo Alto Institute in California, announced the $1 million Palo Alto Longevity Prize. Its goal: to “hack the code” of aging.
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Quiz: How Long Will I Live?
Health A simple way to estimate your lifespan A quiz based on your behaviors…
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How To Live Long And Prosper
Health Science, tech, and common sense can help The advice for living longer hasn’t varied much over the years: Eat well, get some sleep and exercise, and cut the stress.
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How To Stay Young And Healthy
Health Scientists target cellular breakdown in the war against aging and disease Some experts on aging think we’re at the cusp of a medical revolution.
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Why Do We Age?
Health A question almost as old as time Why don’t we live forever—why age at all?
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The Tricky Ethics Of Living Longer
Science A medical revolution aims to stave off age-related disease and extend our lives — but what will it mean for society? A medical revolution aims to stave off age-related disease and extend our...
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