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April 23, 2026
Original story: UT Health San Antonio Newsroom By Claire Kowalick SAN ANTONIO (April 21, 2026) Alzheimer’s is a highly heritable disease with about 60% of the risk coming from a person’s genes. The other 40% of the risk remains less well-studied and may, in part, come from environmental stressors. The University of Texas at San […]
April 9, 2026
Original story: UT Health San Antonio Newsroom By Claire Kowalick SAN ANTONIO (April 8, 2026) New UT San Antonio study introduces analytical tool to better hone aging interventions When scientists test potential life‑extending interventions, often the central question simply asks if the intervention works. New research from The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT […]
March 13, 2026
Original story: ScienceInsider ARPA-H will “build the train tracks” for first large clinical studies of aging interventions By: Mitch Leslie A version of this story appeared in Science, Vol 391, Issue 6790. (09 MAR 2026) — Aging is the unindicted coconspirator in many of the diseases that can make our later years miserable. But not […]
February 27, 2026
In this review, titled “Visceral adiposity, metabolic health and aging,” the authors critically evaluate whether visceral adipose tissue (VAT), commonly known as visceral fat, is simply a correlate of aging or whether it plays a direct, causal role in driving age-related metabolic decline and systemic aging processes. The authors conclude that VAT is not inherently […]
February 25, 2026
Original story: UT Health San Antonio Newsroom Contact: Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (February 24, 2026) Positioning The University of Texas at San Antonio as a national anchor for aging and longevity science, its Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies will receive up to $38 million in federal funding […]
December 15, 2025
Kristi Dietert, PhD, has received an F32 Fellowship grant from the NIA for her project titled “Circadian reprogramming in cellular senescence.” Dr. Dietert is a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Kevin Koronowski, PhD, at the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies.
November 21, 2025
Highlights: The paper reviews evidence on lifestyle-based weight loss in older adults with obesity, showing that caloric restriction reliably reduces fat mass but often leads to concurrent losses in muscle and bone. It identifies resistance training, adequate protein intake, and vitamin D supplementation as the most effective strategies to preserve musculoskeletal health during weight loss, […]
