Dixit Lab News

A massive scientific initiative to decode how aging reshapes the human body reached a major milestone this month. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Cellular Senescence Network (SenNet) published its first wave of discoveries, highlighted by a cover commentary in the journal Cell led by Rong Fan, PhD, Harold Hodgkinson Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) and of Pathology at Yale School of Medicine (YSM), alongside researchers from nine other institutions.

Calorie restriction lowers C3, an immune protein tied to aging and inflammation, improving health without requiring weight loss.

A desert-living wild mouse lives longer and ages more gracefully than other mice. How it does could give clues for boosting human longevity.

The second annual Y-Age Symposium hosted by the Yale Center for Research on Aging (Y-Age) filled The Anlyan Center at Yale School of Medicine on October 13 as scientists and researchers from Yale and beyond discussed the growing fields of human longevity, geroscience, and the biology of aging.

Immune cells found in fat tissue are linked to age-associated inflammation, Yale researchers find. The cells could be a target for slowing age-related illness.

A battle between immune cell family members hints at why chronic inflammation ramps up as we get older.

Study from authors who include several members of Yale School of Medicine reveals that a newly discovered type of immune cell found in fat tissue seems to contribute to the chronic inflammation associated with aging.

Reducing calorie intake can improve health and longevity. A new study finds the amino acid cysteine may be a key reason why.

Vishwa Deep Dixit, PhD, DVM, Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Pathology and Professor of Immunology and Director of the Yale Center for Research on Aging, has been selected as an inductee to the Academy for Health and Lifespan Research.