A number of reviews are currently presented on Nature Insight as a collection whose theme is on ageing. According to Senior Editor Marie-Thérèse Heemels, “ageing research is clearly gaining momentum … bringing hope that at some time in the future we will be able to keep age-related diseases at bay by suppressing ageing itself.”
The genetics of ageing
Cynthia J. Kenyon
doi:10.1038/nature08980
Abstract | Full Text | PDF (2,327K)
Lessons on longevity from budding yeast
Matt Kaeberlein
doi:10.1038/nature08981
Abstract | Full Text | PDF (1,392K)
Linking functional decline of telomeres, mitochondria and stem cells during ageing
Ergün Sahin & Ronald A. DePinho
doi:10.1038/nature08982
Abstract | Full Text | PDF (2,120K)
Neural mechanisms of ageing and cognitive decline
Nicholas A. Bishop, Tao Lu & Bruce A. Yankner
doi:10.1038/nature08983
Abstract | Full Text | PDF (1,698K)
Biodemography of human ageing
James W. Vaupel
doi:10.1038/nature08984
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