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Healthspan Action Coalition and Kitalys Institute Propose Landmark Legislation to Promote Healthy Longevity
“An important step towards slowing aging and the onset of major age-related chronic diseases” Washington, DC and San Francisco, CA, March 27, 2025— The Healthspan Action Coalition (HSAC) and the Kitalys Institute jointly proposed today the initial draft of a bill...
Exposome has tenfold impact on mortality risk compared with genetics
By Eleanor Garth - Longevity. Technology - New research highlights the dominant role of environmental exposures in health outcomes, disease risk and longevity. The relative influence of genetics on health outcomes has been the subject of debate for decades; now, new...
Anti-aging zealot Bryan Johnson wants to start ‘foodome sequencing
By Rebecca Bellan - TechCrunch - Biotech & Health - In the same way that genome sequencing determines the genetic makeup of an organism, Bryan Johnson — the investor and founder behind the Don’t Die movement — wants to start “foodome” sequencing. “We’re going to...
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, has...
Lebron James and Silicon Valley’s elite use hyperbaric oxygen therapy to stall aging and inflammation. Here’s what it’s all about
By Beth Greenfield - Fortune Well - For a growing number of holistic-leaning celebrities, hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) has become as de rigueur as cold plunges and fitness trackers. Mayim Bialik posts selfies from her at-home chamber, which she uses to address...
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 breaks down how...
A torpor-like state in mice slows blood epigenetic aging and prolongs healthspan
By Nature Aging - Torpor and hibernation are extreme physiological adaptations of homeotherms associated with pro-longevity effects. Yet the underlying mechanisms of how torpor affects aging, and whether hypothermic and hypometabolic states can be induced to slow...
Novel Stem Cell Therapy Repairs Irreversible Corneal Damage in Clinical Trial
By Mass General Brigham - An expanded clinical trial that tested a groundbreaking, experimental stem cell treatment for blinding cornea injuries found the treatment was feasible and safe in 14 patients who were treated and followed for 18 months, and there was a high...
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 immune...
From lifespan to healthspan: why childhood nutrition is key to the new longevity
By Daniel Mahadzir and Elena Sandalova - World Economic Forum - In light of the Global Risks Report recently published by the World Economic Forum, the challenge of an ageing population has never been more pressing. The population of adults aged 65 and older is...
CRISPR screen links BAF mutation to premature ageing
By Gorm Palmgren - CRISPR News Medicine - NGPS is a rare premature ageing disorder caused by a mutation in BANF1, encoding barrier-to-autointegration factor (BAF), a nuclear envelope-associated protein. Using patient-derived fibroblasts, researchers conducted a...
AI, AR, VR: The Technology Boosting Healthspan
by by Johane du Toit - LongevityLive.com - The COVID pandemic accelerated the use of technology in the virtual and digital platforms by individuals for a whole host of unique systems, which effectively helped to improve the value and quality of life for many. Virtual...