How Gene Editing Therapies Could Go Beyond Rare Diseases

by admin | Jun 3, 2024 | news articles

by Juergen Eckhardt  – Forbes – Earlier this year, a group of scientists in the Netherlands used the gene editing tool CRISPR to eliminate HIV from immune cells in the lab, an eye-catching approach that is forming the basis of potentially curative...

Why Turning 65 Isn’t What It Used to Be, According to an Expert

by admin | May 31, 2024 | news articles

By Sandra Block – Kiplinger – With more than 4 million people turning 65 in 2024, an expert in psychology and aging explains why so many of them are thriving like never before. A record number of Americans are turning 65 in 2024, and many of them are...

New “Rule of Biology” May Expand Insights Into Aging and Evolution

by admin | May 30, 2024 | news articles

By Technology Networks – A new “rule of biology” centered around the concept of selectively advantageous instability could bring new insights into aging. A molecular biologist at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences may have found a...

Some scientists seriously believe we could live forever by the 2030s. Here’s what you need to know about the ‘longevity escape velocity’ theory.

by admin | May 29, 2024 | news articles

By Hilary Brueck – MSN News Insider – Eternal youth-seekers and investors alike are getting increasingly excited about a concept called “Longevity Escape Velocity.” This hypothetical idea borrows its name from “escape velocity,” the...

Clash of the Titans: A high stakes debate on how to defeat aging

by admin | May 27, 2024 | news articles

by Eleanor Garth – Longevity.Technology – Longevity is a fast-moving field with new research and theories being generated all the time; one of the polarizing questions is whether aging can actually be reversed, and the answer matters, not just so we can...

Signs of Alzheimer’s were everywhere. Then his brain improved

by admin | May 27, 2024 | news articles

By Sandee LaMotte – CNN – Preventive neurologist Dr Richard Isaacson stared at the numbers on the fax in astonishment. Blood biomarkers of telltale signs of early Alzheimer’s disease in the brain of his patient, 55-year-old entrepreneur Simon Nicholls, had...