February 26, 2025
Recent research has addressed menopause-related molecular processes that impact the high prevalence of knee osteoarthritis in post-menopausal women. Restoration of female sex hormones in a post-menopausal mouse model improved joint health [1]. A centuries-old observation The authors start the article with a quote from the English physician John Haygarth from 1805: the nodosities [irregularities] of...
January 03, 2024
In a recent Perspective published in Nature Aging, researchers noted a lack of studies on female-specific physiological factors on aging trajectories. They proposed solutions, including model systems, to address the issue [1]. Most model organisms don't match human sex specificity The use of model organisms, such as worms, fruit flies, and mice, has helped researchers...
March 15, 2022
Our interviewee today holds that female reproductive aging, or ovarian aging, is accelerated compared to other organs and that it has a deep impact both on the lives and health of women and on our society as a whole. Nevertheless, ovarian aging continues to be underresearched, with only a handful of companies working in the...
