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Previously unimagined numbers of people are growing to be very old in America. At the turn
of this century 4% of the US population was over age 65. Today that percentage has climbed …

As people live longer, the question arises of how malleable aging is and whether it can be
slowed or postponed. The classic evolutionary theories of aging (—) provide the theoretical …

Advances in our knowledge of age-associated diseases have far outpaced advances in our
understanding of the fundamental ageing processes that underlie the vulnerability to these …

For several decades, understanding ageing and the processes that limit lifespan have
challenged biologists. Thirty years ago, the biology of ageing gained unprecedented …

The aging of humanity is about to experience a radical change as the demographic
transformation to an older world is approaching its final stage. In recent decades, scientists …

Longer human lives have led to a global burden of late-life disease. However, some older
people experience little ill health, a trait that should be extended to the general population …

Why do we age? Scientists have been baffled by this question for centuries and disagree
regarding even the general nature of aging. Is aging the result of fundamental limitations that …

The 40 th anniversary of Cell coincides with that of the National Institute on Aging (NIA).
Indeed, Cell papers on NIA-funded research helped move the field into a genetic and …