Longevity & Healthspanis an exciting new interdisciplinary open access journal focused on the biology of aging in the context of age-related disease and healthy lifespan. The journal emphasizes advancing our understanding of how age-related changes in structure and function become risk factors for or accompany age-related diseases or conditions, and the biology underlying healthy aging and longevity.

Aging represents the most important risk factor for chronic disease and frailty, with the many age-related conditions including cancer, cardiovascular disease, metabolic disease and type 2 diabetes, neurodegenerative disease, osteoporosis, and decreased immune function.

The journal is jointly overseen by Editors-in-ChiefJames Kirkland(Mayo Clinic, USA),Gordon Lithgow(Buck Institute for Research on Aging, USA), andJanet Lord(University of Birmingham, UK), who are supported by an impressiveEditorial Boardof international renown.

The journal welcomes research in a number of areas, and is particularly interested in the development of genetically tractable animal models to assess healthspan or age-related conditions, interdisciplinary studies involving both aging and age-related disease specialists, studies of candidate genes or pathways that correlate with age-related conditions, and translational studies validating interventions to increase healthspan and/or longevity. Experimental approaches include biochemistry, molecular genetics, genome-wide association studies, cell biology, and interventional studies.

To help make this exciting new journal a success, you are warmly invited tosubmit your next research articlefor publication. For more information onLongevity & Healthspan, please visit the journal website atwww.longevityandhealthspan.com, or contact theEditorial Office. You can alsoregister for updatesto stay abreast of the latest journal developments!