News and Press Releases

By CBS News - BOSTON - A new study finds that exercise may help reverse aging by reducing the buildup of fat. Previous research has suggested that lipids or fats may play a role in longevity. A team in the Netherlands studied the tissues of young and old mice and...

By Keck School of Medicine of USC - As the United States confronts the challenges and opportunities of an aging society, it is equally critical to address similar—if not greater—challenges in the developing world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an...

By Andrew Court - New York Post - Dave Pascoe, who hails from Michigan, is a retired network-security engineer and a “full-time biohacker” devoted to turning back his genetic clock. On his website, the age-defying singleton shares his elaborate exercise and diet...

By Susan Buckles - Mayo Clinic - Biotherapeutics - Jon Stahlecker had exhausted all treatment options and lost hope of surviving chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) before Mayo Clinic offered him chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy (CAR-T cell therapy) in a...

By Danny Sullivan -  Longevity.Technology - Biopharma giant commits $100m annually to Regeneron Ventures as it seeks to ‘fuel promising biotech innovation.’ Yesterday, as we revealed 2023 was another tough year for longevity investment, biotech heavyweight Regeneron...

By Freidrich-Alexander University Certain RNA molecules in the nerve cells in the brain last a life time without being renewed. Neuroscientists from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have now demonstrated that this is the case together with...

by Joseph Choi - The Hill - An increase in cancers among people 55 years old and younger may be related to accelerated aging in recent generations, according to a study presented at a conference earlier this month. Experts say years of research support this, though...

By  HealthDay -  U.S. News - Younger generations are aging more rapidly, and this could be leading to an increased risk of cancer, a new study says. People born in or after 1965 are 17% more likely to be experiencing accelerated aging compared to seniors born between...

By Alejandra Manjarrez, PhD - The Scientist - Hematopoietic stem cells give rise to all blood cells in the body. Most of the time they are not dividing. Rather, they serve as a reserve for the times when the body needs rapid blood formation. “One of the reasons why we...

By Eleanor Garth - Longevity.Technology - Inflammation is an essential component of the body’s immune response to injury or infection, and prevents the spread of damage, removes cell debris and lays the groundwork for repair. However, it is a double-edged sword, as...

By Katherine Lang - Medical News Today - A new study, to be presented at the American Physiology Summit April 4–7 in Long Beach, CA, and the results of which are yet to be published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, suggests that obesity may also accelerate brain...

By Andrew Scott - New Scientist - TODAY, a child born in the UK has a greater than 50 per cent chance of living into their nineties. That is a remarkable testimony to medical, scientific and social progress, which has lowered mortality rates so we die later. It is a...