The silent saboteurs: how hidden infections speed up ageing
Live Forever Club - 01-Dec-2025Chronic microbes disrupt immunity and metabolism, speeding up biological ageing
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
DNA changes reveal who becomes frail as they age
Live Forever Club - 01-Dec-2025The study suggests DNA ageing tools may help spot frailty early
The brain’s five life stages: new study maps major shifts from childhood to old age
The Guardian - 25-Nov-2025Scientists identify key ages when brain wiring undergoes major shifts across life
Early immunotherapy shows strong responses in advanced basal cell carcinoma
Johns Hopkins Medicine - 18-Nov-2025First-line nivolumab doubles typical response rates in inoperable basal cell carcinoma
Ageing Research Resources
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Vitalist Bay 2026
14-May-2026
Longevity innovation zone set to transform the Bay Area into the global epicenter of human longevity innovation (Berkeley, CA)
Aging is a Group-Selected Adaptation
Theory, Evidence, and Medical Implications of aging written by Josh Mitteldorf
ARDD 2026 - 13th Aging Research and Drug Discovery Meeting
01-Aug-2026
Event about latest progress in the molecular, cellular and organismal basis of aging organised by Uni of Copenhagen (Copenhagen, Denmark)
A Thermostat for Your Body Fat
Longevity Roadmap Podcast Episode-Stephan J. Guyenet and Dr. Buck Joffrey discuss the science of body fat regulation
The Gut-Muscle Axis with Dr. Michael Lustgarten
Longevity Roadmap Podcast- Michael Lustgarten studies how the gut and blood impact muscle health in ageing
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
