Longevity Trends

We aim to share with you the most important news and trends in longevity published by the international press, opinion leaders, academic institutions and industry organizations.

Loving-kindness meditation slows biological aging in novices

July 24, 2019

Combinations of multiple meditation practices have been shown to reduce the attrition of telomeres, the protective caps of chromosomes (Carlson et al.,...

It’s never too late: five healthy steps at any age

July 23, 2019

Have you ever decided to make a healthy lifestyle change but quickly given up, telling yourself that it’s too late to learn...

Increases in colonic bacterial diversity after ω-3 fatty acids…

July 22, 2019

The intestinal microbiome is an important determinant of inflammatory balance in the colon that may affect response to dietary agents. This is...

A moderate daily dose of resveratrol mitigates muscle deconditioning in a…

July 19, 2019

While there is a relatively good understanding of the effects of microgravity on human physiology based on five decades of experience, the...

How more sleep can lead to better food choices

July 18, 2019

There’s a reason we tell our loved ones to get a good night’s sleep. For many of us, the benefits of a...

A data-driven approach for studying the role of body mass in multiple diseases…

July 18, 2019

Mendelian randomisation allows for the testing of causal effects in situations where clinical trials are challenging to do. In this hypothesis-free, data-driven...

Why is eating a high fat diet a recipe for obesity? According to a new study, the answer involves the activity of a specific type of immune cell that lives in the small intestine. Experiments showed that without group-2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) in the small intestines, mice can eat high-fat diets without gaining extra weight or suffering from other physiological symptoms of obesity.

July 16, 2019

BY Suzanne LaBarre 3 minute read The world is graying. Globally, 55-year-olds will outnumber 5-year-olds by 2020, and by 2050, the number...

Innate immune responses to high-fat diets lead to obesity

July 16, 2019

Why is eating a high fat diet a recipe for obesity? According to a new study, the answer involves the activity of...

Buck faculty chronicle 30 years of research on aging in review article…

July 15, 2019

Thirty years ago, aging biology gained unprecedented scientific credibility when gene variants were identified that extend the lifespan of the nematode C....