Tag: Aging
Long-lived C. elegans show expanded decrepitude, not slower ageing
Study reinterprets Gompertz mortality parameters, showing lifespan extensions reflect expanded decrepitude rather than slowed biological ageing in C. elegans.
Authors argue longevity research has an ethical case
Ethical case for longevity science grounded in autonomy and self-ownership rather than consequences alone; addresses philosophical and societal objections to aging research.
Life disparity is increasingly shaped by distribution moments
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in StatisticsAnalysis of 41 countries shows how skewness and kurtosis of age-at-death distributions explain mortality compression trends and lifespan disparity patterns from 1751–2019.
C. elegans lifespan is limited by different competing causes of death
Study reveals how multiple age-related pathologies interact hierarchically to determine lifespan in C. elegans, showing bacterial infection and neoplasia mask or unmask each other’s effects on.
Centenarian cohort profile described in Colombia
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in MedicineColombian centenarian cohort baseline study characterizing health status and aging determinants to advance understanding of extreme longevity mechanisms.
