The Glenn Foundation for Medical Research has awarded a $5 million grant to Stanford University to launch a new center on the biology of aging, focusing on the role of stem cells in the aging process.

The new Paul F. Glenn Laboratories for the Biology of Aging at Stanford University School of Medicine explores how stem cells change as an individual ages and how that contributes to the development of age-related diseases and disorders.

“There is something about age that predisposes us to disease,” said Thomas Rando, MD, PhD, a professor of neurology and neurological sciences who will serve as the director of the new center. “If we could somehow figure out the mechanisms of aging and are able to intervene, it would potentially offer therapy to a wide variety of diseases—not just cancer, heart disease or Alzheimer’s, but all of them.”

For information, visit the Paul F. Glenn Laboratories for the Biology of Aging.

Harvard Medical School

Harvard

The Paul F. Glenn Laboratories are dedicated to understanding the mechanisms of normal aging and thereby extending the healthy years of human life.

MIT

MIT

Glenn Laboratory for the Science of Aging, in operation since 1982. The lab is currently located in MIT’s Koch Biology Building. We work on mechanisms of aging so that people may lead healthier lives. -Leonard P. Guarente, Ph.D.

Salk Institute

Salk Institute

The Glenn Center for Aging Research will strengthen Salk’s focus to contribute scientific discoveries that can promote healthy aging for humanity.

Stanford School of Medicine

Stanford

The new Paul F. Glenn Laboratories for the Biology of Aging at Stanford University School of Medicine explores how stem cells change as an individual ages and how that contributes to the development of age-related diseases and disorders.