Keto diet metabolite may power up CAR T cells to kill cancer

by admin | Dec 31, 2024 | news articles

By Penn Today – Laboratory studies reveal a potentially low-tech intervention to improve personalized cell therapy. A simple dietary supplement may provide a new approach to boost CAR T cell function, according to a study from researchers in Penn’s Perelman...

Caring For Aging Parents With Alzheimer’s Disease? How AI Can Help

by admin | Dec 30, 2024 | news articles

By Carolyn Rosenblatt – Forbes – Alzheimer’s disease impacts nearly 7 million Americans today, and over 11 million family caregivers shoulder the responsibility of caring for them. Despite its prevalence, families are often lost in knowing what to do to...

Too old for healthy aging? Exploring age limits of longevity treatments

by admin | Dec 27, 2024 | news articles

By Nature It is well documented that aging elicits metabolic failures, while poor metabolism contributes to accelerated aging. Metabolism in general, and energy metabolism in particular are also effective entry points for interventions that extend lifespan and improve...

America Needs to Radically Rethink What It Means to Be Old

by admin | Dec 26, 2024 | news articles

By Jonathan Rauch – The Atlantic – As 100-year lifespans become more common, the time has come for a new approach to school, work, and retirement. July 1977: A 105-degree afternoon in Phoenix. I’m 17 and making deliveries in an underpowered Chevette with...

Want to Live to 100? ‘Superagers’ Stem Cell Research Could Make It Possible

by admin | Dec 24, 2024 | news articles

By Sean Duke – Newsweek – Stem cells have been taken from the blood of ‘superagers’ – people aged 100 or more – and reprogrammed so that they are again capable of becoming any cell type in the body in research that could open the door to...