HELSI publications from June 2025

Members of the Healthy Lifespan Institute publish original research on a regular basis.

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Some of these publications may still be in press. You can find Open Access versions via our Open Access Repository.

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Berardi D; Farrell G; AlSultan A; McCulloch A; Hall NM; Sousa RPP; Jimenez M; Selman C; Bellantuono I; Johnson CH. Senescence Cell Induction Methods Display Diverse Metabolic Reprogramming and Reveal an Underpinning Serine/Taurine Reductive Metabolic Phenotype. Aging cell

Garnett C; Oldham M; Loebenberg G; Dinu L; Beard E; Angus C; Burton R; Field M; Greaves F; Hickman M. Evaluating the effectiveness of the Drink Less smartphone app for reducing alcohol consumption compared with usual digital care: a comprehensive synopsis from a 6-month follow-up RCT.  Public Health Research

MAAGS C; ZHANG J. Active Aging in the People’s Republic of China: A Case Study of Working After Retirement. Asian Development Review

Trotter S; Royle K-L; Handforth C; Wyld L; Brown J. Frailty assessment in patients with advanced/metastatic renal cell carcinoma using routine data collected during treatment with tyrosine kinase inhibitors in the STAR trial. Journal of Clinical Oncology

Flight L; Brennan A; Chick SE; Forster M; Julious S; Tharmanathan P. Value-adaptive clinical trial designs for efficient delivery of publicly funded trials - a discussion of methods, case studies, opportunities and challenges. BMC Medical Research Methodology

Gray LA; Killedar A; Breeze PR. Editorial: Obesity across the life course. Frontiers in Public Health

Min T; Tibiletti M; Hockings PD; Galetin A; Gunwhy E; Shalom E; Kenna JG; Melillo N; Parker GJM; Schuetz G. Assessing drug-mediated inhibition of liver transporter function with MRI: A first-in-human study. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Gillespie D; Morris D; Angus C; Wilson LB; Chen RKL; Leeming G; Holmes J; Brennan A. Model-based appraisal of the potential effects of minimum pricing for tobacco in Scotland. Tobacco Control

Harwood RH; Thiyagarajan JA; Bhadelia A; Foebel A; Mayland C; Malhotra C; Blacker D; Sampson EL; Finkelstein EA; Sekhon H. Measuring and monitoring the quality of dying in the United Nations ‘Decade of Healthy Ageing’. The Lancet Healthy Longevity

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