Content tagged "aging"
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Posted by Bennett McIntosh S.M., Science Writing, 2017
Topics: aging, memory, scienceSuperAgers: Do Octogenarians with Exceptional Memory Hold the Key to Healthy Aging?
Will the craniums of successful “SuperAgers” give science some leverage in the battle against dementia, or even against aging itself?
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Posted by Stephanie Dutchen S.M., Science Writing, 2009
Topics: aging, biology, genetics, health, progeria, Sam BernsLessons from a Rare Disease
The story of The Progeria Research Foundation’s creation when Sam Berns, son of doctors Leslie Gordon and Scott Berns, was diagnosed with progeria in 1998, is also the story of the birth of modern progeria research.