Resilience to cardiac aging in Greenland shark Somniosus microcephalus
Elena Chiavacci, Kirstine Fleng Steffensen, Pierre Delaroche, Emanuele Astoricchio, Amalie Bech Poulsen, Daniel Brayson, Fulvio Garibaldi, Luca Lanteri, Christian Pinali, GIOVANNI ROPPO VALENTE, Federico Vignati, John Fleng Steffensen, Holly Alice Shiels, Eva Terzibasi Tozzini, Alessandro Cellerino
This study examines cardiac aging in Greenland sharks, finding fibrosis, lipofuscin, and oxidative damage but no physiological decline, suggesting resilience to aging.
Aging Cell · Apr 23, 2026Peer-reviewedCell Biology