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'''Aging Research:''' Scientists today are discovering much more about aging than ever before, thanks to huge advances in basic biological sciences and research tools. No one knows which findings will prove most important in the future. Meanwhile fascinating hints from laboratory and animal studies might contribute to healthier and longer human lives. But serious obstacles to human trials keep knowledge inconclusive, and therefore outside of standard medical practice. Many lives will be lost and billions of dollars wasted unless we learn to do better.
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This non-commercial, independent site links to more than 2,400 recent reports on aging research and other age-related news. Most of our news comes from press releases issued by universities when their scientists publish research findings in peer-reviewed journals. Most of these were written for the general public, not just for doctors or scientists.
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'''Our background:''' For 20 years we published and mostly wrote ''AIDS Treatment News'', a similar newsletter on another fatal disease, AIDS. We made thousands of judgment calls on what was credible, and important to our readers. See Underground Press Leads Way on AIDS Advice, ''New York Times'', 1991.
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'''Our theory of aging:''' We don't have one. No one knows the answer. So we look for interesting findings, capabilities, and other advances, from whatever theories they come. With so much unknown about aging today, unexpected advances may be the best opportunity to further scientific understanding, together with analysis and theory. In other words, let empirical observation and discovery guide the development of theory - especially in this case, aging, where we have so little understanding and agreement about root causes where we might intervene.

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Aging Research: Scientists today are discovering much more about aging than ever before, thanks to huge advances in basic biological sciences and research tools. No one knows which findings will prove most important in the future. Meanwhile fascinating hints from laboratory and animal studies might contribute to healthier and longer human lives. But serious obstacles to human trials keep knowledge inconclusive, and therefore outside of standard medical practice. Many lives will be lost and billions of dollars wasted unless we learn to do better.

This non-commercial, independent site links to more than 2,400 recent reports on aging research and other age-related news. Most of our news comes from press releases issued by universities when their scientists publish research findings in peer-reviewed journals. Most of these were written for the general public, not just for doctors or scientists.

Our background: For 20 years we published and mostly wrote AIDS Treatment News, a similar newsletter on another fatal disease, AIDS. We made thousands of judgment calls on what was credible, and important to our readers. See Underground Press Leads Way on AIDS Advice, New York Times, 1991.

Our theory of aging: We don't have one. No one knows the answer. So we look for interesting findings, capabilities, and other advances, from whatever theories they come. With so much unknown about aging today, unexpected advances may be the best opportunity to further scientific understanding, together with analysis and theory. In other words, let empirical observation and discovery guide the development of theory - especially in this case, aging, where we have so little understanding and agreement about root causes where we might intervene.