A summer conference may forever change the way scientists look at human aging. In late August 2014, some of the nation’s leading medical professionals will…

Mitochondria are the “power plants” of your body’s cells. Mitochondria convert the nutrition inside your food into ATP, a type of energy that powers the biochemical reactions occurring in each of your cells. In a way, an individual…

Human body cells do not lead existential lives…

…Each cell in the human body has a predetermined fate. One cell might be destined to become skin while another cell is fated to be part of the liver.

Each day, body cells withstand a constant onslaught of destructive forces that can damage cells.

Sun, pollution and other external factors can hasten the signs of aging, but much of the aging process occurs deep within the human body.