Study adds to other findings suggesting pathology of post-traumatic brain cell loss is distinct from Alzheimer’s disease.
Harnessing light energy to rejuvenate mitochondrial membrane potential slowed aging in C. elegans.
Even as more older people want, or need, to extend their careers, ageism's societal influence can pose an obstacle.
UW Medicine will be part of the Cellular Senescence Network to research these cells in aging and other processes.
Nancy Jecker will encourage the embrace of regional values, not U.S. ideals, in the University of Johannesburg's first bioethics course.
The idea of robot companions for older adults is considered "unseemly and unthinkable," says Nancy Jecker, a professor of bioethics and humanities at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
Social isolation is worsening and detrimental to health. A bioethicist sees an opportunity: robot companions for seniors.
SARS-CoV-2 usually triggers a strong immune response, but less so in men and people over 60.
Study may help explain how genes and other factors influence an individual’s response to restricting calories.
Biochemical reasons for lag times between conception and pregnancy in mice became clearer in a recent study