Skip to content

Nature Aging

Nature Aging is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, part of the Nature Portfolio, publishing research on the biology and mechanisms of aging.

Current stories

scienceOne report1 publisher

MIT pairs Raman spectra with single-cell sequencing on the same cells to barcode senescence

The MIT group measured skin and lung cells from 2-month-old and 26-month-old mice both ways at once, using the destructive sequencing read to label the optical one. Human tissue, the authors say, is next.

Publishers:genengnews.com phys.org

Reality

Evidence52
Adoption8
Hype gap+28
Incentives58
Confidence62
scienceOne report1 publisher

Mouse ovaries keep about 14 percent of their eggs activated at every age

Across a full mouse reproductive lifespan, the share of eggs that had begun growing stayed flat. The Barcelona group takes that as a sign the ovary tracks its own supply, and says it does not yet know the signal.

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+18
Incentives52
Confidence58
scienceOne report1 publisher

Yale pins part of calorie restriction's benefit on one protein, and it comes from fat, not liver

A 42-person plasma screen found C3 falling on an 11 to 14 percent calorie cut, and mice supply the causal half. The harms that justify drugging it came from a much deeper diet.

Publishers:sciencedaily.com

Reality

Evidence60
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+32
Incentives70
Confidence55
scienceOne report1 publisher

One sleuth, 54 more papers, and an antibody that was never going to work

A UK molecular biologist says dozens of cell-ageing studies used an antibody against a bacterial protein to detect a mammalian one. It is his third reagent flag in about three months.

Publishers:nature.com

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption28
Hype gap+8
Incentives58
Confidence58