Aging

Making old hearts younger

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Harvard Gazette

Two Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers have identified a protein in the blood of mice and humans that may prove to be the first effective treatment for the form of age-related heart failure that affects millions of Americans, a study says.

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Posted in Aging, Amy Wagers, blood, Blood Pressure, Brigham and Women's Hospital, BWH, Cardiac, Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Diastolic, Diastolic Heart Failure, Doug Melton, Francesco Loffredo, GDF-11, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, HarvardScience, Health & Medicine, Heart Failure, HSCI, Lipids, Metabolites, Mice, Rejuvenation, Richard T. Lee, SomaLogic, TGF-beta, Transforming Growth Factor | Comments Off

Lessons from the long-lived

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Harvard Gazette

A gerontologist researcher says his work allows him to connect with “vibrant, engaged, healthy, exciting, and active older people.” He says they live more in the now than other people might believe, and value that.

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Posted in Aging, Colleen Walsh, Cornell Institute for Translational Research on Aging, Culture & Society, Elderly, HarvardScience, Karl Pillemer, Legacy Project, Life lessons | Comments Off

Lessons from the long-lived

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Harvard Gazette

A gerontologist researcher says his work allows him to connect with “vibrant, engaged, healthy, exciting, and active older people.” He says they live more in the now than other people might believe, and value that.

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Posted in Aging, Colleen Walsh, Cornell Institute for Translational Research on Aging, Culture & Society, Elderly, HarvardScience, Karl Pillemer, Legacy Project, Life lessons | Comments Off

Life lessons from an old worm

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Harvard Gazette

Research is uncovering the genetic roots of aging, peeling back the once common understanding that creatures simply “wore out” as they aged, and slowly revealing the mechanisms that control a process determined by our genes and that proceeds at different speeds for different species.

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Posted in Aging, Alvin Powell, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, C. elegans, Craig Hunter, Cynthia Kenyon, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, DNA, Genes, HarvardScience, Hillblom Center for the Biology of Aging, Life Sciences, Matthew Meselson, Paul Doty Lecture | Comments Off

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