Repurposed drug enables imaging of neurodegeneration

Repurposed drug enables imaging of neurodegeneration

By Eleanor Garth – Longevity.Technology – PET tracer derived from an ALS treatment provides a method to quantify damage from oxidative stress in the brain. A newly developed positron emission tomography (PET) imaging probe, derived from the drug edaravone,...
How our social world shapes healthy aging

How our social world shapes healthy aging

By Christina Chen, M.D. – Mayo Clinic – 80 percent of our health is actually determined by social factors — including access to healthy food, our lived environment, financial security and social networks. On this episode of Aging Forward, Dr. Amit Shah...
Brain cells seem to mature faster in space

Brain cells seem to mature faster in space

by Valentina Boulter – Cosmos – New research using organoids has found that brain cells in space remain healthy, but mature faster than they would on Earth. Numerous studies have outlined the effect microgravity, or limited gravity, on muscles, bones, the...