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Implications of stress-induced gene expression for hematopoietic stem cell aging studies
Anna Konturek-Ciesla, Rasmus Olofzon, Shabnam Kharazi & David Bryder - Nature Aging - Abstract A decline in hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) function is believed to underlie hematological shortcomings with age; however, a comprehensive molecular understanding of...
Maximizing Human Healthspan: The Revolutionizing Potential
By Zara Nwosu - Medriva - In a recent interview with renowned innovators and thought leaders, Peter Diamandis, Dr. Hans Keirstead, Jane Metcalfe, and Daniel Kraft, the conversation took an exciting turn towards a topic that has been gaining significant attention...
In Pursuit Of Longevity And Reshaping Equity In The Endgame
By Bernadette Boden Albala - Forbes By now, we should all be comfortably settled into 2024. With new year ambitions come reassessment, renewal, and… resolutions! Inevitably, we've all had a goal of pursuing optimal health and wellbeing on our list of resolutions. Most...
Expanding the conversation about aging
By Zach WWinn - MIT News - Many issues facing older adults intersect with other social inequalities, but experts often fail to keep the experiences of historically underserved communities in mind when discussing aging. Since 2020, the MIT AgeLab’s Aging and Equity...
Shorter life spans are the price we pay for higher fertility, genes suggest
By Sean Cummings - Science - Study of volunteer DNA supports an old theory of why aging happens The question of why our bodies break down with age has puzzled researchers for generations: Natural selection, one might expect, should favor genes that keep us healthy...
We’re living longer than ever before. Here’s how we can also live better
By The World Economic Forum - The one thing that will happen to each of us born into this world is that we will age. How we age, however, depends on how we—as individuals and as a society—support each other through key life events and nurture the assets we need to age...
NIH-funded longevity study shows astaxanthin extends lifespan
By Eleanor Garth - Longevity.Technology - AX3 Life, a longevity supplements company based in Honolulu, Hawaii, has announced the results of a study evaluating its astaxanthin supplement. The study was carried out by the Interventions Testing Program (ITP), a...
UConn Center on Aging Offers Support for Older Adults with Depression
by Jennifer Walker - UConn Health - Depression in older adults is even more complicated than younger adults and should be treated by a geriatric psychiatrist. The UConn Center on Aging offers one of the biggest divisions of geriatric psychiatry in the country. Feeling...
How the ‘Stars of the Brain’ Could Protect Us From Neurodegeneration
By New York Stem Cell Foundation The Context: Glia – the brain’s helper cells – are often overlooked in disease research, but are known to play both supportive roles for neurons, and to turn rogue and start killing them. We are still at the early stages of...
Biomarkers of aging – the momentum is palpable
By Eleanor Garth - Longevity.Technology - The inaugural Biomarkers of Aging Symposium signposts an optimistic future for the field, say the organizers. Last month saw The Buck Institute play host to the inaugural Biomarkers of Aging Symposium. Organised by the...
How Dry January can help with anti-aging, according to doctors
By Dr. Jade Cobern - ABC NEWS - While Dry January -- giving up alcohol for the month of January -- has been shown to have benefits like better sleep and increased energy, giving up drinks could also help you live longer and look younger, research shows. "Everyone will...
Is conventional reprogramming too… conventional?
By Eleanor Garth - Longevity.Technology - Transient naive reprogramming is capable of epigenetically correcting human induced pluripotent stem cells – should it be the preferred method? Somatic cell reprogramming is resetting the epigenome of a somatic cell through...