August 11, 2026
A new study proposes a theoretical framework that explains why the more complex an animal is, the harder it is to move the needle on its rate of aging [1]. A problem of great complexity A familiar puzzle in geroscience is that while many of the same longevity-related pathways are highly evolutionarily conserved, manipulating them...
January 25, 2023
In a preprint paper, researchers have evaluated the effect of caloric restriction on two long-lived planarian species in various environments that mimic the stochasticity of the real world [1]. Does the theory hold? According to a theory that is largely based on plentiful data from model organisms, restricted food intake (caloric restriction) extends animals’ lifespans...