AGING SCIENCE. IN PERSPECTIVE.

A clearer view
of aging.

Exploring how we age, what we can measure, and where the evidence leads. For a longer view of a life well lived.

Questions before conclusionsEvidence in contextRoom for uncertainty

01 / THE LANDSCAPE

Aging, from every angle.

Connected questions across biology, everyday life and the frontiers of research.

All research areas

02 / OUR APPROACH

Stay curious.
Look closer.

A compelling idea is a place to start. We follow it back to the research, examine the alternatives, and make the limits visible.

Inside our research process
01

Frame the question

Be precise about who, what, compared with what, and over which timescale.

02

Follow the evidence

Read the original work. Check what was measured and what the result can actually tell us.

03

Keep the boundaries

Explain the uncertainty, consider competing explanations, and revise when evidence changes.

03 / THE RESEARCH

Latest research

More research
Measuring aging

Does a Younger “Vascular Age” Mean Improved Vascular Structure?

Vascular readings can carry health information, but a lower predicted age, a changed arterial wall, and fewer future clinical events are separate results. We reanalyzed a public dataset of 36,223…

  • Cross-sectional age and algorithmsModerate
  • Pressure and mechanical conditionsStrong
  • Acute human tone and vessel sitesLimited
  • Clinical prognosisModerate
  • Management trial and surrogacyNot yet determinable
Lifestyle & function

Does daily regularity have independent value, or reflect activity and health?

Regularity can describe behavior beyond movement volume, but measurement, prognosis and intervention value are separate questions. In our NHANES reanalysis, RA retains a favorable mortality…

  • Measurement and finite identificationStrong
  • Conditional mortality associationsModerate
  • External prognostic evidenceModerate
  • Short interventions and physiologyLimited
  • Healthspan and clinical prescriptionsNot yet determinable
Lifestyle & function

At the same weight loss, does losing visceral fat offer greater benefits?

Weight alone does not describe fat distribution or metabolic change. Randomized lifestyle trials support different visceral fat reductions with different intervention bundles, even when average…

  • Randomized lifestyle bundles and fat distributionModerate
  • Long-term metabolic and diabetes associationsLimited
  • Fatty-acid/inflammatory pathways and selective removalLimited
  • Causal extra benefit at fixed weight lossNot yet determinable
  • Healthspan and routine imaging decisionsNot yet determinable

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