Cataloging Sex Differences in the Aging of the Human Immune System (opens in new tab)

Humans, and most other mammals, exhibit a common set of differences between males and females in the trajectory of aging and age-related disease. Females live longer, but with greater disability, for example. Dive deeper to look at the fine details of specific tissues and biological systems, and the list of differences expands. Researchers here report on their assessment of differences between men and women in the aging of the immune system, for example. While interesting, it isn't clear that...