While everyone is talking about longevity, far fewer people focus on something far more important: the immune system and its aging.With age, it’s not only how we look or feel that changes—how our body defends itself changes too. Naive T cells decline, “exhausted” immune cells accumulate, and chronic low-grade inflammation appears, better known as inflammaging.[…]

“Midi-chlorians are a microscopic life form that resides within all living cells.”— Qui-Gon Jinn, to Anakin Skywalker Star Wars fans know midi-chlorians—the mystical entities that connect living beings to the Force. In the real world, we have a similar “energy mediator”—mitochondria. Ancient symbiosis—like a cosmic legend About 2 billion years ago, mitochondria were free-living bacteria.[…]

September marks the beginning of a month when the global community places special focus on mitochondrial diseases. This year, World Mitochondrial Disease Week will take place from September 15–21, 2025, under the theme “Decode the Mito Puzzle – Bridging Science and Symptoms.” The idea is clear: to connect rigorous science with real patient stories and[…]