January 28, 2026
An analysis of over 3800 older adults found that shingles vaccination is associated with lower inflammation scores, slower epigenetic and transcriptomic aging, and a lower composite biological aging score [1]. Beneficial side effects Vaccines are developed to prevent specific diseases, such as polio, measles, hepatitis, and many others. However, recent data suggest that some adult...
October 03, 2023
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman received this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for a groundbreaking discovery that facilitated the development of mRNA vaccines and can be relevant to future anti-aging therapies. A crucial discovery The COVID-19 pandemic was one of the biggest health challenges that humanity has ever seen. At its dawn, things...
June 16, 2023
New research suggests that vaccination against shingles, a disease caused by the varicella zoster virus, can provide some protection against Alzheimer’s disease, mostly in women [1]. Viruses and aging With causes of many age-related diseases remaining unclear, in recent years, scientists have been looking into the possible influence of bacteria and viruses. One new paper...
May 29, 2020
Could a vaccine approach to removing harmful senescent cells that accumulate with age be an alternative to senolytic drugs, which destroy them? Some researchers certainly believe it might and have published a new mouse study showing just that. What are senescent cells? As you age, increasing numbers of your cells enter into a state known...