April 18, 2008

AnAge build 10 was released, featuring 4,122 entries. In addition to numerous updates and additions, this build features vastly improved data for birds. For more details, please consult the release notes.

December 17, 2007

Through demographic parameters, namely the slope of the mortality curve, it is possible to estimate the rate of ageing of a given population, which can be useful to compare the rate of ageing between species or between animal cohorts used in experiments. A method to obtain such estimates of the ageing rate, as well as an SPSS script to aid in the calculations, is now described in the software section.

June 20, 2007

An extensive list of genes analyzed for their possible association with human longevity has been included in GenAge. While genes associated with human longevity have been featured before in GenAge, this latest dataset with over 200 genes tested for their possible association with human longevity and/or survival in old age represents a major update.

February 7, 2007

In addition to GenAge's putative human ageing-related genes, GenAge now features genes related to longevity and/or ageing in model organisms. In build 13 released today, 411 genes from model organisms are included. This expansion of GenAge was done in collaboration with Vadim Fraifeld who is now a curator for GenAge. Further details about build 13 are available in the release notes.

August 17, 2006

As part of the Gulbenkian Training Programme in Bioinformatics, there will be a 4-day course entitled Aging Research with Bioinformatics Methods. It will take place in Oeiras (near Lisbon), Portugal, November 6-9, 2006. The course will have two instructors: HAGR's project leader João Pedro de Magalhães from Harvard Medical School and Luciano Milanesi from the Institute for Biomedical Technologies in Milan, Italy.

April 12, 2006

GenAge build 12 was released. This latest build features 242 manually-curated entries that include the latest bibliography. Further details are available in the release notes.

February 26, 2006

AnAge build 9 was released. With 3,979 species, this latest build is by far the largest ever released. In addition, this build was released after a manually curation effort of all mammalian species to assure only the most accurate data is featured. For more details, please consult the release notes. Current efforts focus on manually curating each bird species in the database.

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12.03.2007 - Metabolic Rate Is Not Associated with Longevity

10.11.2005 - Mitochondrial Optimization May Be Linked to Human Longevity

07.25.2005 - Development Causes Aging

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