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09 SEP 2026 · 17 STORIES · ABOUT 2 MINS

Today’s lead

The Adaptive Cost Hypothesis of Aging, a Viewpoint on Antagonist Pleiotropy

At the high level, without delving into specific mechanisms, the consensus view on aging is that it exists in the shadow of natural selection.

Fight Aging! · 19:22

№02 / 17 · Lifespan.io

Late-Life GLP-1 Treatment Increases Lifespan in Female Mice

In a new study, semaglutide given late in life increased median lifespan in female mice by more than 12% and improved various health markers. Semaglutide’s effect possibly went beyond caloric restriction [1].

Lifespan.io · 15:52

№03 / 17 · Fight Aging!

Dogs Exhibit Comorbidity and Mortality Risk in Much the Same Way as Humans

One of the goals of the Dog Aging Project is to better establish that the characteristics of aging in dogs are close enough to the characteristics of aging in humans to make the results of interventions on dog life span relevant to…

Fight Aging! · 11:22

№04 / 17 · Fight Aging!

Age Acceleration in Various Proteomic Clocks Correlates with Risk of Mortality and Age-Related Disease

In recent years, researchers have been gathering as much data as possible on the behavior of aging clocks of various sorts. The study here is an example of the type, in which multiple proteomic clocks were assessed in large epidemiological study populations.

Fight Aging! · 11:10

№05 / 17 · Aging Cell

Muscle‐Specific Upregulation of Timeless Mediates Exercise‐Induced Amelioration of Age‐Related Circadian Rhythm Disruption and Cardiac Dysfunction in Drosophila

The muscle Timeless gene critically influences skeletal muscle, heart, and circadian rhythm aging by regulating the Timeless/Clock and Timeless/Sir2/PGC-1α pathways, with exercise acting as an upstream modulator.

Aging Cell · 04:15

№06 / 17 · The Guardian

‘We all have an expiry date’: Kimberly Akimbo, the achingly funny musical about a teen with a 64-year-old body

The uplifting, award-winning show about a girl aging four times too fast electrified New York.

The Guardian · 15:33

№07 / 17 · MIT Tech Review

This geneticist’s age-reversal tech could help restore sight

Yuancheng (Ryan) Lu is obsessed with aging. And with eyes. As he steps outside the Whitehead Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, his aviator glasses darken automatically in the sun. Age-related blindness runs in his family.

MIT Tech Review · 11:32

№08 / 17 · ScienceDaily Aging

Early statin use linked to 15% lower dementia risk

Starting statins soon after a type 2 diabetes diagnosis may do more than protect the heart.

ScienceDaily Aging · 08:37

№09 / 17 · The Guardian

‘In parks you only see dogs, never children’: can Bogotá adapt to its ageing population?

With a lower fertility rate than Tokyo and the number of pensioners rapidly rising, Colombia’s capital is being forced to change the way it thinks about growing old From his wheelchair, Alberto Delgado Londoño can see over the wall of the sunlit…

The Guardian · 11:00

№10 / 17 · GeroScience

Neural contributions to age-related handgrip weakness revealed by multi-finger force deficit and dual-task testing

Handgrip strength (HGS) is recognized as the primary characteristic of sarcopenia. Low HGS is strongly associated with morbidity, disability, and mortality. However, the neural mechanisms underlying age-related declines in HGS have not been fully elucidated.

GeroScience · 01:00

№11 / 17 · GeroScience

LAPTM5 correlates with RPE senescence and subretinal fibrosis through the LAPTM5-WWP2-OPTN mitophagy cascade and cGAS/STING activation in a D-galactose-induced aging model

Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) senescence acts as a core driver of subretinal fibrosis, a major irreversible pathological feature that exacerbates age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Mitophagy is essential for maintaining RPE homeostasis during aging.

GeroScience · 01:00

Also today · №12–17

  • №12 · ScienceAlert · 12:00

    WHO Issues New Guidelines on How to Reduce Dementia Cases by 45%

    With 14 risk factors we can target. ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans…

  • №13 · News-Medical · 04:22

    Could one amino acid help explain why men tend to live shorter lives?

    A UK Biobank cohort and Mendelian randomization study involving 272,475 participants linked higher circulating tyrosine with…

  • №14 · ScienceDaily Aging · 08:03

    Cialis linked to higher glaucoma risk in large study

    A large study of nearly 74,000 men suggests that long-term use of tadalafil, best known as…

  • №15 · GeroScience · 01:00

    Development and temporal validation of a preoperative prediction model for postoperative Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale alterations in elective orthopedic surgery

    Accurate preoperative prediction of postoperative neurobehavioral instability remains an important unmet need in perioperative medicine. Existing…

  • №16 · GeroScience · 01:00

    Beyond gait speed: a multidimensional motor signature of motoric cognitive risk syndrome identified through domain-specific anomaly detection

    Motoric cognitive risk (MCR) syndrome, defined by subjective cognitive complaints and slow gait speed, identifies older…

  • №17 · GeroScience · 01:00

    Recovery strategies during trip-like support surface perturbations while walking in older adults with mild cognitive impairment

    Older adults with mild cognitive impairment (OAwMCI) fall 2 × more than cognitively intact older adults…

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