Reprogramming gut bacteria to boost lifespan
Janelia Research Campus - 11-Nov-2025Low-dose antibiotics trigger microbes to make metabolites that improve longevity and metabolism
Ageing Research
Fundamental ageing research used to be a slow, unexciting, area of academia, with all the big names and money looking at specific diseases. But now that people have realised that most age-related diseases have a shared cause (aging, who'd have thought it?) it's becoming big business. Private money is being invested in biotech start-ups, which is great, but there is still plenty of basic (and by that I don't mean simple) research to do to increase our understanding of the very complex products and processes of ageing.
Sometimes I prefer to call this "anti-ageing research" - because nobody is researching how to speed it up!A note on spelling - Ageing or Aging?
According to Cambridge Dictionary: UK = ageing, US = aging
Being a UK-based club, the preference is to spell it with an "e" - but as most publications use the US version (and it's quicker to type!), realistically, it is used interchangeably throughout the site.
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Ageing Research News
When bodies lose their blueprint: A new theory of aging
Live Forever Club - 04-Nov-2025Aging emerges when cells lose shared goals—but restoring those signals can trigger rejuvenation
Two visions of longevity: repairing vs. understanding the biology of ageing
Live Forever Club - 03-Nov-2025Study finds SENS seeks to reverse ageing, while Hallmarks model focuses on extending healthspan
Living longer, healthier: the science of aging gracefully
The Times - 31-Oct-2025Centenarians delay disease ~30 years, showing aging can be slowed and health extended
Ageing Research Resources
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A Physicist’s Radical Theory of Why We Age
Optispan Podcast Episode- Physicist Jan Gruber explores ageing as system instability, not just damage buildup
The Under-Researched Science of Menopause, Ovarian Aging & HRT
Matt and Jennifer Garrison discuss research on reproductive ageing and menopause
Longevity Nation 2026
23-Nov-2026
Conference Enhancing Research, Development and Education for Healthy Longevity organised by Vetek Association (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Mitra Bio
Company building a non-invasive skin multi-omics platform to unravel skin health and delay ageing
The Genesis Machine
Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology written by Amy Webb and Andrew Hessel
27-Mar-2024
Measuring the hallmarks of ageing – how can you track the underlying causes of ageing?
What consumer tests are available to check your hallmarks of ageing and how they're impacting your body?
24-Jan-2024
Meet the Omes
The biology of ageing looks at way more than just the genome and microbiome - here's 20 to start with!
06-Dec-2023
Exponential growth in ageing research
How the observation and understanding of smaller and smaller biological units has improved ageing research and medicine
30-Aug-2023
Where were the UK longevity companies and researchers at Dublin summit?
Absolute numbers look good, but for the size and proximity of the venue, it could have done better
Topics covered in this page:
Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs), Ageing Research, Autophagy, Biochemistry, Bioelectricity, Cell Biology, Circadian Rhythm, DNA, Epigenetics, Glycobiology, Human Biology, Immunosenescence, Immunotherapy, Inflammaging, Longevity Genes, Proteomics, SENS
