The Telomere Clock: Theory of Aging
The process of aging – a nearly universal phenomenon – has long been at the forefront of humankind’s curiosity and imagination. Our ability to observe the aging process has played a[…]
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The Baby Boom – 70 Years Later
Historian Landon Jones famously said that almost exactly nine months after the end of World War II, “the cry of the baby was heard across the land.” This statement was[…]
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Answering the Age-Old Question of How to Stay Forever Young
What if we spent 80 years to get to the biological age of 60?” Dr. Nir Barzilai pronounces with gusto. Culminating a near twenty-minute TEDMED talk centered on [Growing] older without growing sicker, his proposition[…]
The Ticking Clock of Biomachinery
Implants have been used for thousands of years, from documented cases of Egyptians replacing appendages with wooden prostheses, to the insertion of the first pacemaker in the 1950s, which lasted only 7 days. Since[…]
Issue 1 2018 – Front Cover
Trees have long been a cross-cultural symbol of growth and connectivity. Even Charles Darwin famously used the Tree of Life metaphor in On the Origin of Species to describe the[…]
Letter from the Editors – Volume 6, Issue 1
Every man desires to live long; but no man would be old.” – Jonathan Swift, 1727. Aged 60. Although many things have changed since the early 18th century, some fundamental truths[…]
Letter from the Chair – Volume 6, Issue 1
As an aged person myself (!), I was excited to read this new issue of IMMpress (Volume 6!) dedicated to the ins and outs, the goods and (mostly!) bads of[…]
Getting the Job: An Alumni Interview with Dr. Elisa Porfilio
Already set for post-PhD life, Dr. Elisa Porfilio defended her PhD in December 2016. As a graduate student in Dr. Jennifer Gommerman’s lab, she explored the possibility of plas ma[…]
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