News and Press Releases

By Liz Seegert -  Association of Healthcare Journalists - “Aging Rewired” by Senior Planet from AARP is a new podcast that explores the intersections of technology and aging. Weekly conversations with experts and stories of older adults from all walks of life help...

By Nick Paul Taylor - Fierce Biotech - BioAge Labs has appointed former GSK CEO Jean-Pierre Garnier as chair of its board of directors, bringing the pharma veteran back into the anti-aging space 16 years after he made a big bet on the sector. Garnier worked as CEO of...

By National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - Supporting cardiovascular health is important at every age, and early influences can improve health outcomes years later As the body ages, lots of changes happen that can increase a person’s risk for cardiovascular...

By Carolyn Y. Johnson - The Washington Post - For years, Amanda Smith and her husband were jolted awake at night by a buzz-buzz-beep — an alarm warning that her blood sugar was too high or too low. She would reach for juice boxes stored in her nightstand or fiddle...

by Steve Hill - Lifespan.io - It is thought that up to 50% of men experience hair loss as a result of pattern baldness by age 50. In this condition, the normal hair growth cycle is disrupted due to genetics, hormonal changes, and environmental factors. These things...

By Sarah Choudhary - Forbes - Sarah Choudhary is CEO of Ice Innovations, which is at the forefront of integrating advanced AI and machine learning technologies. Quantum AI is at the forefront of a breakthrough in understanding the aging process by studying telomeres...

by Universität Wien - Sea anemone regulates stem cells through evolutionarily conserved genes The sea anemone Nematostella vectensis is potentially immortal. Using molecular genetic methods, developmental biologists led by Ulrich Technau from the University of Vienna...

By ScienceDaily - A WEHI study could help solve a long-standing mystery into why a key immune organ in our bodies shrinks and loses its function as we get older. The thymus is an organ essential for good health due to its ability to produce special immune cells that...

By Rosa Rahimi - CNN - Scientists have found that human beings age at a molecular level in two accelerated bursts – first at the age of 44, and then again at 60. In a study published in the journal Nature Aging, scientists at Stanford University and Nanyang...

By Clay Risen - The New York Times - Leonard Hayflick, a biomedical researcher who discovered that normal cells can divide only a certain number of times — setting a limit on the human life span and frustrating would-be-immortalists everywhere — died on Aug. 1 at his...

By F.D. Flam - Bloomberg Olympic competitors over 40 are inspiring — and less of a rarity than they used to be. Scientists say athletes with extreme staying power may be that way due to molecular-level advantages. Studying those could further the quest to understand...

By Dr. Sushama R. Chaphalkar, PhD. - News Medical Life Sciences - In a recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers developed a proteomic age clock using plasma proteins to predict biological age and the associated health risks. They found that...