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Studying Ovaries to Understand How We All Age
New findings from Columbia’s Yousin Suh suggests ovarian aging has lessons for us all.
By Alan Dove / December 16, 2024
Ovaries are the fastest aging organ in the body, but the least studied organ in aging research.
“The ovary is an endocrine organ and influences aging in the entire body,” says Yousin Suh the Charles and Marie Robertson Professor of Reproductive Science (in Obstetrics & Gynecology) who joined Columbia in 2017 to push ovarian aging research to the forefront of geroscience.
“By delaying ovarian aging, we could live longer and healthier lives,” she says.
