On June 23, 2022, Science magazine featured a Perspectives commentary co-authored by AFAR Senior Scientific Director Steven Austad, PhD. Dr. Austad discusses two new studies that reveal negligible evidence of aging and senescence in cold-blooded species, specifically turtles, and their implications for human healthspan. Science is published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Dr. Austad is the Protective Life Endowed Chair in Healthy Aging Research, a Distinguished Professor, and Chair of the Department of Biology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the founding director of UAB’s Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Agingand co-director of the UAB Integrative Center for Aging Research. He is the author of the book Why We Age, and his latest book, Methuselah’s Zoo: What Nature Can Teach Us About Living Longer, Healthier Lives is due out in 2022.
Read the Science commentary, “How Ubiquitous is Aging in Vertebrates?” here.
This article was also featured in Barron’s, “Forever Young: Many Cold-blooded Species Don’t Age, Studies Show,” here.
