News and Press Releases

By Danny Sullivan - Longevity.Technology - Pharma and diagnostics giant Roche today revealed it has received clearance from the US FDA for its Elecsys pTau181 test, making it the only FDA-cleared blood-based biomarker test that can be used in primary care settings to...

By Eve Herold - Editor in Chief, Healthspan Action Coalition Healthspan Compass: In general, how does immune dysfunction affect aging in general and age-related diseases in particular? Hans Keirstead: With aging, there’s a gradual accumulation of molecular damage to...

By Lokahi Longevity - Hawaii is launching a healthspan-driven growth engine. Today we’re introducing the Hawaii Healthspan Corridor—an initiative anchored by Lokahi Longevity in partnership with the Healthspan Action Coalition (HSAC) to accelerate research, clinical...

By Cedars Sinai News - Cedars-Sinai has opened a new clinic focused on helping patients improve their long-term health. Healthcare professionals in the Healthspan Clinic concentrate on the prevention and treatment of age-related illnesses and disabilities like...

By Bronwyn Thompson - New Atlas - Friendships, community ties and family bonds may apply the brakes to natural cell aging, providing a simple way to invest in health in older age. In a massive new study, scientists have found that social connections are tied to slower...

by University of Tsukuba - Technology Networks - A protein in the blood may reveal how fast we age and help explain why some families live longer. Aging is a systemic process that affects the entire body. Visible external signs of aging usually correspond to evidence...

By Stacy Kish - Yale School of Medicine - Our skin protects us from everyday mechanical stresses, like friction, cuts, and impacts. A key part of this function—standing as a bulwark against the outside world—is the skin’s amazing ability to regenerate and heal. But...

By Sarah Knapton - The Telegraph - Blind patients can read and recognise faces again with a “revolutionary bionic chip” that is said to signal a “new era” for artificial vision. The implant is an ultra-thin wireless microchip, measuring 2mm by 2mm, which is inserted...

By StudyFinds - Researchers have created human embryos by taking nuclei from ordinary skin cells, placing them into donated eggs, and fertilizing them with sperm. The work is a laboratory demonstration that shows what might eventually be possible for people who cannot...

By MIT Technology Review - For years, the galaxy of cells, proteins, and molecules that make up our immune systems existed as a mysterious and unknowable force, one with enormous influence over our health but beyond the reach of modern medicine. Now, thanks to new...

By Coleen T. Murphy - Nature - An optimistic take on the state of the longevity field provides hope for treating a range of ageing-related diseases — but feels at odds with the current shape of US research. Super Agers, by clinician Eric Topol, has just been...

By Katharine Lang - Medical News Today - Drinking sufficient water is essential for overall health, as people need to maintain a fluid balance, or homeostasis, to maintain bodily functions. However, that water does not only have to come from the ubiquitous water...