Aging research-where do we stand and where are we going?

Leonard Guarente

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2014.08.041

Aging research-where do we stand and where are we going?

Cell. 2014 Sep 25;159(1):15-19. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.08.041.

Author

Leonard Guarente¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biology, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and Paul F. Glenn Laboratories for the Science of Aging, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Electronic address: leng@mit.edu.

PMID: 25259916
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.08.041

Abstract

The 40(th) anniversary of Cell coincides with that of the National Institute on Aging (NIA). Indeed, Cell papers on NIA-funded research helped move the field into a genetic and molecular era. Now is a fair time to ask whether we are far down a trail leading to a deep understanding of aging or whether we are still tiptoeing cautiously at the trailhead.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aging* / genetics
Aging* / metabolism
Animals
Biomedical Research*
Humans
Life Expectancy
National Institute on Aging (U.S.)
United States