This moderate habit was tied to longer telomeres, a marker of biological aging. Drinking more than four cups did not show the ...

New research reveals that moderate coffee consumption may help people with mental illnesses to live longer, healthier lives by slowing cellular aging processes.

From sodas to “healthy” flavored waters, scientists say what you sip every day could silently accelerate cellular aging—often ...

A groundbreaking study is reshaping the conversation about longevity—and it focuses on a simple vitamin many Americans ...

After a finite number of divisions, cells simply give up. As each round of replication trims their telomeres—the protective ...

Scientists at Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI) have made a major discovery about cancer cells. This new ...

The real secret to keeping your body young may be the tips of your shoelaces -- or, rather, tiny parts of your body that act like them. Just as those plastic nibs keep your shoelaces from fraying, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm an American writer working in fiction and nonfiction. By 1990, scientists knew that telomeres are repetitive DNA sequences ...

Researchers at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) have shown that it is possible to extend the life of mice, without using any gene modifying technologies. The finding is the result of ...

Researchers have further uncovered the secrets of telomeres, the caps that protect the ends of our chromosomes. They discovered that an RNA molecule called TERRA helps to ensure that very short (or ...