Prevention of infectious diseases through immunisation of the growing ageing adult
population is essential to improve healthy ageing. However, many licenced and …

Abstract Distinguishing the Fourth Age (FoA) from the Third Age (ThA) has become a
common practice in aging research. In this theoretical paper, we focus on four established …

Dietary changes can alter the human microbiome with potential detrimental consequences
for health. Given that environment, health, and evolution are interconnected, we ask: Could …

The eating habits of students differ significantly from those recommended by health
practitioners. The aim of this study was to find differences related to diet quality and …

Over the decades, biogerontology has matured as a scientific discipline. Currently, a number
of theoretical frameworks are available to researchers when interpreting empirical data …

Although neo-Darwinian (and less often Lamarckian) dynamics are regularly invoked to
interpret cancer's multifarious molecular profiles, they shine little light on how tumorigenesis …

Mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative damage have long been suggested as critically
important mechanisms underlying the ageing process in animals. However, conflicting data …

The quantitative analysis of locomotion is used to study many biological processes. Here,
we describe how to record the locomotion of up to 50 Drosophila individuals and process …

Ernst Bloch hoffte auf einen menschlichen Körper, dessen" Alter nicht Hinfälligkeit als
Schicksal" sein sollte. Die biologische Alternsforschung stellt gegenwärtig zumindest ein …

Background. Aging is a complex and gradual biological process that represents the major
risk factor with respect to the development of chronic degenerative diseases, often …