August 28, 2023
"Could humans become immortal?" is something we get asked quite often, and the answer depends on what exactly you mean. When it comes to immortality, what you mean is important Whether human immortality is possible greatly depends on how you define it. If you define it as living forever and being unkillable like in...
May 10, 2021
A team of researchers, including Michael West of AgeX Therapeutics, has authored a review paper that posits a fundamental difference between "immortal" germline cells and "mortal" somatic cells. The two types of cells This review paper, which cites 175 other papers, goes back throughout history, discussing the very earliest scientific theories of aging. It talks...
July 30, 2020
The well-known resistance of naked mole rats to aging and aging-related effects is due at least in part to an unusual ability to clear away senescent cells. This suggests that senolytic drugs, which aim to do the same in humans, may prove a fruitful path to longevity. Naked mole rats live much longer than other...
January 29, 2018
Completely bald and with wrinkly skin, the naked mole rat is one of the ugliest creatures around but lives an exceptionally long life for a small mammal. It rarely develops the chronic diseases of aging, such as cancer, and lives 10 times longer than regular rats. The First Non-Aging Mammal In the first significant announcement...