An hourglass stands upright with sand slowly flowing from the upper chamber to the lower one, indicating the accelerated aging in progeria.
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Researchers have shown that harmful bonds between protein and DNA fuel immune attack in progeria. Pumping up a protein that cuts these bonds could prevent symptoms.

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 An older woman gets a vaccine in her arm from a doctor wearing blue scrubs and blue gloves.

Aging Reprograms T Cell Behavior, Weakening Vaccine Responses

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Vitamin C Rejuvenates Aging Ovaries in Primates

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How Air Pollution is Aging People Faster

A network of sympathetic nerves (white) innervating and growing alongside the eggs (green) within a fragment of a human ovary. A large growing follicle containing an egg is shown in magenta.

A Cellular Atlas of the Aging Ovary Reveals How Fertility Fades

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Specific Neuronal Genes Gain Mutations During Healthy Aging

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What Are Senescent Cells?

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Aging Brains Show Stripes of Cell Death

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An “Immortal” Jellyfish Offers Clues into Biological Aging

A view of the Earth from the International Space Station, where some human stem cells recently spent up to 45 days. Researchers found these cells aged faster than their earthbound counterparts.

Stem Cells Age Faster in Space

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Kirsty Wright is searching for evidence in a missing persons investigation. She is wearing a blue shirt and glasses. Behind her is dense vegetation and police procedural tape.

How a Forensic Biologist Exposed a DNA Lab Scandal That Shook Australia

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Universe 25 Experiment

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One Gene Influences 75 Percent of Alzheimer’s Disease Cases

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Postdoc Portrait: Rohita Roy

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From Data to Discovery: Omics in Therapeutic Innovation

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Exploring Organoids for Disease Modeling Research

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What Is the Amniotic Fluid Composed of?

The liquid world of fetal development provides a rich source of nutrition and protection tailored to meet the needs of the growing fetus.

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