For its December 4th issue Science magazine published a special “Why We Age” edition. Featuring 9 AFAR supported investigators and board members, the issue covered a broad range of aging science topics, including aging in the animal world and reviews of newly published research.
In the article “Why We Outlive Our Pets”, Scientific Director, Steven Austad, PhD, and two-time grantee Daniel Promislow, PhD, discussed theories for why longevity differs between species.
In “Death-Defying Experiments” 1985 AFAR Research Grant recipient Richard Miller, MD, PhD, and 1996 AFAR Research Grant recipient, Marc Tatar, PhD, were featured in an article exploring how pushing the limits of life span in animals could someday help lengthen our own.
The issue also included new research published by University of Washington faculty Matt Kaeberlein, PhD (2006 AFAR Research Grant, 2007 Breakthroughs in Gerontology Award); Peter Rabinovitch, MD, PhD (2010 Breakthroughs in Gerontology Award); and Scientific Director Emeritus George M. Martin, MD; and Thomas A. Rando, MD, PhD (1999 Beeson Scholar, 2010 Breakthroughs in Gerontology Award) of Stanford University.
2015 has been a banner year for aging research in the media. Major publications such as Science, The Wall Street Journal, Time, Bloomberg News, and Discover devoted covers and spreads to the field and cited AFAR-affiliated investigators as leaders in biomedical research on aging. For media highlights scroll through our “News” section here or download our 2015 Media Highlights sheet.
