The secrets of long-lived trees

by Universitat de Barcelona

4 years ago
long-lived trees, regenerative, environmental stress, longevity, senescence

A slow growth, regenerative potential and tolerance and resilience to environmental stress are the key factors to explain the extreme longevity of millennial trees, according to a new article publishe...

Gene therapy and telomerase

by Life Length

5 years ago
Telomerase, antiaging, Cancer, DNA, gene therapy, longevity, telomerase

Telomerase is an enzyme that actively participates in the lengthening of telomeres by partly recovering the DNA that is destroyed in each cell division.

CNIO addresses the ethical and philosophical aspects of the revolution that could extend the biological limits of human beings

by CNIO - Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas

5 years ago
longevity, human enhancement, transhumanism, personalised medicine, gene editing, biological limits, human

A picture of the future in which people live for more than a hundred years in good health, the worst diseases are avoided by gene editing in embryos, and organs for transplantation are grown in organ ...

PNAS. CNIO researchers discover that the rate of telomere shortening predicts species lifespan

by CNIO - Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas

5 years ago
telomeres, longevity, species, animal

Discovery of a new general pattern in biology. Comparison of telomeres of goats, dolphins, gulls, reindeer, vultures, flamingos, elephants, mice and humans reveals that species whose telomeres shorten...

A new system to identify senescent cells 'in vivo' has been developed

by CNIO - Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas

8 years ago
senescent cells, degenerative processes, longevity

This system is based on a probe that selectively "lights up" in senescent cells. It has been developed by researchers at the UPV, CNIO, CIBER-BBN and the University of Cambridge. The elimination of se...