Protein name confusion created...
Another excellent essay from Shanaka Anslem Perera. No idea where he finds the time to be this prolific, at this depth, but I'm very glad that he does.
A theory on failure modes of longevity drug promises, and an argument for concentrating on living well rather than on living longer.
https://shanakaanslemperera.substack.com/p/the-counterfeit-clock
#KnowledgeByte: Negligible #Senescence is a term that describes organisms that don't show signs of biological aging, such as reduced reproductive capability, functional decline, or increased death rates with age.
It can also be described as a similar term to biological #Immortality, which means that an organism isn't more likely to die as it gets older.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Animals-that-Defy-Aging-664c3b7f9c4ce129fae5d57c
📃New paper in Ecology letters 🐦 by Bertille Mohring et al.
Life-history trade-offs and #senescence in black-browed #albatrosses from Kerguelen and Bird Island
Black-browed #albatrosses breeding in more variable environments display slower life histories (slow, late-onset reproductive senescence) and greater among-individual variation in life-history strategies
Marcescence
…still holding on 😊
Not senescence in this case 🤔
#GetOutside #Hiking #Nature #Walking #Creek #Marcescence #Senescence #Aging #Meditation #Photography
Cellular #senescence as a therapeutic target for #aging intervention
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2319417026000041 #openaccess #longevity
#mwgic #2026 #Aging #Longevity #Lifespan #Healthspan #Senescence
https://newatlas.com/medical/anti-aging-extracellular-vesicles-embryonic-stem-cells/
Senescence. It’s a beautiful-sounding word whose tones suggest it should be a perfume or an essential oil. But that’s not even close. Senescence is the loss of a cell’s power to divide and grow, thus causing deterioration. It’s aging, completely unavoidable, and a 100% guaranteed pathway to death.
#mwgic #2025 #Aging #Longevity #Senescence #SenescentCells
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251213032625.htm
Senescent “zombie” cells are linked to aging and multiple diseases, but spotting them in living tissue has been notoriously difficult. Researchers at Mayo Clinic have now taken an inventive leap by using aptamers—tiny, shape-shifting DNA molecules—to selectively tag these elusive cells. The project began as an offbeat conversation between two graduate students and quickly evolved into a collaborative, cross-lab effort that uncovered aptamers capable of binding to unique surface proteins on senescent cells.
my reading for this evening -
Aging: a possible road toward gut microbiota pathoadaptation [2025]
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40770832/
Laboratory-raised mice live approximately seven times longer and healthier lives compared to their wild counterparts, due to a standardized healthy diet and limited exposure to environmental stressors. Aging is associated with increased inflammation and microbial dysbiosis. Collectively, these influ …