News and Press Releases

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...

By Matt Michael - Syracuse University News - Due to its economic growth and large population, the People’s Republic of China is widely viewed as a rising economic and military superpower. But declining fertility rates and increased life expectancies over the last few...

by Becky Ham, Translational Genomics Research Institute - Medical Express - Using data from four studies that connect genetic variants to lifespan, scientists have developed 11 different polygenic longevity scores (PLS) that predict both long life and resilience to...

By Rebekah McBride - University of Wisconsin-Madison - Researchers can use the light naturally thrown off by biological specimens to better study the different states of stem cells in the nervous system, thanks to a tool developed at the University of...

By ATMP Sweden – It’s that time of year again, time to register for the ATMP world tour! We are very excited this year to host Peter Marks from the FDA and Bernard Siegel founder of the World Stem Cell Summit, Regenerative Medicine Foundation. and more recently...

By Peter J. Scott - Artificial Intelligence and You - Podcast - #197 - How is our relationship with bots – robots and chatbots – evolving and what does it mean? We’re talking with Eve Herold, Director of Policy Research and Education at the Healthspan Action Coalition...

By Jessica Hamzelou - MIT Technology Review - Longevity clinics offer a mix of services that largely cater to the wealthy. Now there’s a push to establish their work as a credible medical field. On a bright chilly day last December, a crowd of doctors and scientists...

By David J. Craig - Columbia Magazine - A new tool reveals the triggers that drive age-related cellular deterioration, from diet to metal exposure. Time is not a friend to the human body. And the true ravages of age, beneath the wrinkles and gray hair, occur at the...