A new study consisting of inducing cells to express telomerase, the enzyme which — metaphorically — slows down the biological clock — was successful. The research provides a “proof-of-principle” that this “feasible and safe” approach can effectively “improve health span.”

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First gene therapy successful against aging-associated decline: Mouse lifespan extended up to 24% with a single treatment

Does hearing that you are a member of an elite group – of chess players, say, or scholars – enhance your performance on tasks related to your alleged area of expertise? Not necessarily, say researchers who tested how sweeping pronouncements about the skills or likely success of social groups can influence children’s performance. The researchers found that broad generalizations about the likely success of a social group – of boys or girls, for example – actually undermined both boys’ and girls’ performance on a challenging activity.

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Even positive stereotypes can hinder performance, researchers report

Scientists have developed nano-devices that successfully cross the brain-blood barrier and deliver a drug that tames brain-damaging inflammation in rabbits with cerebral palsy.

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Nano-devices that cross blood-brain barrier open door to treatment of cerebral palsy, other neurologic disorders

Alcohol expectancy challenges, or social experiments aimed at challenging one’s beliefs about the rewards of drinking, can successfully reduce both the quantity of alcohol consumed and the frequency of heavy or binge drinking among college students.

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Curbing college binge drinking: What role do ‘alcohol expectancies’ play?

Researchers seeking a successful treatment for traumatic brain injury have found that the size and extent of damaged tissue can be reduced by using a new device to prevent cell death.

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Mechanical tissue resuscitation technology shows promise preventing cell death