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Scientists Reverse Blood Stem Cell Aging by Rewiring the Cell’s Recycling System
By The Mount Sinai Hospital - SciTechDaily - A new study describes a technique that rejuvenates aging blood-forming stem cells and could help reduce the risk of age-related blood disorders. Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified a...
Cambrian Bio Awarded Up to $30.8 Million as part of ARPA-H’s PROSPR Program
By Cambrian Bio - Cambrian Bio, a clinical-stage drug development company whose pipeline platforms include therapeutics targeting critical metabolic pathways that decline with age, today announced that it has been awarded funding to support the development of its...
Searching For The Fountain Of Youth: What Okinawa Taught Me About Healthy Longevity
B ySarah Kingdom - Forbes - In Okinawa, where centenarians are common, the secret to longevity isn’t a miracle cure, but a lifestyle built on nourishing food, constant movement, strong social ties and a sense of purpose. By the end of last year, I felt I was limping...
Why longevity might be biopharma’s next big thing: The science and business converge
By Mike Ward - Clarivate - Longevity — once dismissed as the domain of futurists and fringe scientists — has rapidly emerged as one of the most compelling frontiers in drug development. The transformation hasn’t happened overnight, but since 2024, a convergence of...
Scientists reveal why a popular anti-aging compound may also fuel cancer
By Tokyo University of Science - Science Daily - A molecule tied to longevity may have a hidden double life—boosting healthy cells on one hand and turbocharging cancer on the other. Polyamines—natural molecules found in every living cell—have become stars in the...
Book Questions Authenticity of Human-Robot Love in AI Era
By Kwak Ah-ram - The CHOSUN Daily - Author argues robot relationships risk emotional complacency, lack mutual growth potential despite offering unconditional acceptance. is even more so Robots, and the People Who Love Them By Eve Herold, Translated by Kim Chang-gyu,...
$80 million supports research into exceptional longevity
by Julia Evangelou Strait - WashU Medicine - NIH funding continues study of extreme longevity in families, seeking genetic clues to healthy aging Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received an $80 million grant to continue...
The Key to Longevity May Be Found Inside Our Cells
By Dana G. Smith - The New York Times - Why health influencers are obsessed with mitochondria. Last summer, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he could tell that someone was having “mitochondrial challenges” just by looking at them. The nominee for surgeon...
How Toxic People Make Us Age Faster
By Sebastian Ocklenburg, Ph.D. - Psychology Today - A new study shows how unpleasant people lead to accelerated biological aging. Toxic people can cause a lot of stress with their behavior Studies have shown that stress can accelerate biological aging A new study...
Longevity clinics around the world are selling unproven treatments
By Jessica Hamzelou - MIT Technology Review - A survey of 82 clinics around the world reveals the messy state of longevity medicine. The quest for long, healthy life—and even immortality—is probably almost as old as humans are, but it’s never been hotter than it is...
Manipulating gene activity to reverse aging
By National Institutes of Health - Altering levels of certain molecules called transcription factors reversed some of the effects of aging in mice. The findings show the potential of targeting transcription factors to counter age-related illnesses. The activity levels...
Sanaregen™ Vision Therapeutics Receives FDA Clearance for Clinical Trial to Treat Retinal Degeneration
By Sanaragen - Sanaregen Vision Therapeutics, a clinical-stage regenerative medicine company, today announced clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to conduct a Phase I/II clinical trial for SVT-001, its investigational cell therapy. The trial will assess...