Understanding the Ageing Process: What Happens as We Grow Older: By Shreoshree Chakrabarty As you grow older, you have more control over your health and how you feel than you might think.

Shanghai pensioner Mou Guoying has spent the past three months crocheting woollen roses for Beijing Olympic medallists' bouquets - Copyright AFP Jessica YANG Shanghai ...

A research team from the Centre for Translational Stem Cell Biology (CTSCB) under the LKS Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has developed the world’s first cellular system ...

As populations age worldwide, the decline of the immune system, a process known as immunosenescence, has become a critical biomedical challenge. This decline leads to increased susceptibility to ...

Red deer may become less sociable as they grow old to reduce the risk of picking up diseases, while older house sparrows seem to have fewer social interactions as their peers die off, according to new ...

Sarcopenia is a major feature of ageing and is characterized by a progressive decline in skeletal muscle mass, strength, and functional capacity. While ...

We take it for granted that humans find it more difficult to conceive as they grow older. But our recent study, which analysed data from 157 animal species, found that male reproductive ageing seems ...