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Precision Healthy Aging

The Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts is at the nexus of aging and nutrition. Our research is focused on transforming life’s later years into a period marked by robust health, realized potential, and profound fulfillment.

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Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging News

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Vitamin D May Help Prevent Diabetes, Depending on Your Genes

New analysis of a major clinical trial finds supplementation reduced diabetes risk in prediabetic adults with certain variations in the vitamin D receptor gene

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Their Parents Lived to 100. Do Their Diets Have Clues to Longevity?

Researchers have created one of the first comprehensive looks at the dietary habits of centenarian offspring

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The Power and Promise of Precision Nutrition

Decades of discovery are transforming nutrition into a real-time science of healthy living, says Tufts scientist José Ordovás 

HNRCA scientist is recognized for innovation in producing technologies that have brought or aspire to bring real impact on the welfare of society

Bruce Kristal, PhD, Senior Scientist at the HNRCA at Tufts University was inducted to the Class of 2026 Senior Members by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI)