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Elizabeth Blackburn is one of the world’s leading molecular biologists, with a deep understanding of cellular life and human ...

Dr Ian K Smith, author of ‘Eat Your Age’, explains how to keep yourself looking and feeling youthful from your 30s and beyond ...

Cellular telomere shorteningToo much sodium is linked to shorter telomeres (the ends of our chromosomes), which accelerate ...

In some ways this reflects good trends. The region’s fields are short of youngsters because so many have found better jobs in ...

Dr Ian K Smith, author of Eat Your Age, explains how to keep yourself looking and feeling youthful from your 30s to your 60s ...

Extreme heat seems to speed up biological ageing in older people, suggesting that it could raise the risk of age-related diseases. “This is one of the first large-scale studies to link long-term heat ...

Signal peptides can prevent ageing by stimulating the activation of the skin’s fibroblasts – specialised skin cells that ...

New research shows not all carbohydrates affect the brain the same. A recent study of over 200,000 UK adults found high-sugar carbs raise dementia risk. Slow-release carbs like whole grains, beans, ...

Zoos are facing ageing populations that threaten the conservation of endangered species, and targeted culls may be needed to ...