After spending the last years of my life pondering on aging and working with people at the end of their lives, I welcomed the challenge of turning one fertilized egg into an adult. This marathon is not over yet. For reasons unknown to me, it is unusual to be interested in longevity while being female.…… Continue reading What pregnancy taught me about aging
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Aging is a puzzle to solve.
This process is traditionally studied in a couple of biological models like fruit flies, worms and mice. What all these species have in common is their fast aging. This is excellent for lab budgets. It is a great short-term strategy. Who has time to study species that live for decades? But lifespan differences among species…… Continue reading Aging is a puzzle to solve.
How to engineer negligible senescence in humans – part I MitoSENS
Many engineering graduates leave the field for alternative careers, but what they don’t leave is the confidence that any problem has a solution, even if it wasn’t found yet and even if one does not understand all the details. This is the reason for which one engineer changed gerontology – his name is Aubrey de…… Continue reading How to engineer negligible senescence in humans – part I MitoSENS
What happens when you search for immortality and find death instead?
Nothing is certain in life, except death and taxes, as Benjamin Franklin let it slip while hoping for the permanency of the American Constitution. While you can get away with taxes if you are rich enough, money will not buy you immortality. Existential anxiety is something that hit each of us at least once in…… Continue reading What happens when you search for immortality and find death instead?