News and Press Releases
How many friends do Americans have? A survey crunched the numbers
By Manuela López Restrepo - NPR News How the power of good friendships adds years to your life. New research has delved into what friendship in the U.S. looks like, including just how many friends the average American has. Who are they? Friends can be anyone from the...
Longevity AI firm aims to impact ‘a billion people in five years’
By Danny Sullivan - Logevity.Technology In October 2023 during the Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in Saudia Arabia, a mysterious longevity AI company called Nuraxi delivered behind closed doors demonstrations of its technology to delegates from the...
Heart Health Linked to Slower Aging
By Neuroscience News.com Using the American Heart Association’s Life’s Essential 8 checklist against phenotypic age—a measure based on blood markers rather than chronological age—researchers found a clear correlation: better heart health was linked with younger...
Researchers identify new criteria to detect rapidly progressive dementia
Mayo Clinic researchers have identified new scoring criteria allowing for the detection of treatable forms of rapidly progressive dementia (RPD) with reasonably high confidence during a patient's first clinical visit. This scoring criteria may allow physicians to...
Dublin Longevity Declaration Off to a Good Start
by Arkadi Mazin - Lifespan.io The need for a paradigm shift Last August, hundreds of longevity enthusiasts, from certified geroscience stars to graduate students, gathered in Dublin for the annual Longevity Summit conference. As the attendants were enjoying the...
FDA panel says Vertex/CRISPR to assess safety risks of gene therapy in follow-up study
By Reuters News Oct 31 (Reuters) - A panel of advisers to the U.S. health regulator said on Tuesday Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX.O) and CRISPR Therapeutics (CRSP.BN) could assess potential safety risks of their sickle cell disease gene therapy after approval. If the...
Advancing healthy aging in the 21st century
by Longevity.Technology The Milken Institute’s Middle East and Africa Summit, held in Abu Dhabi in November 2022, brought together diverse individuals, including investors, scientists, and philanthropists. The Summit centered on the theme of Celebrating the Power of...
Sniffing Out Longevity: Aversion to Harmful Odors May Affect Lifespan
by Neuroscincenews.com A new study reveals that these odor molecules from pathogenic bacteria not only induce avoidance behaviors in the nematodes but also stimulate a protective neural circuit in other tissues. This circuit boosts the efficient processing of toxic...
A healthy diet may lower dementia risk — even if you start late
By Janet Lee – Washington Post Doing puzzles, playing memory-boosting games, taking classes and reading are activities that we often turn to for help keeping our brains sharp. But research is showing that what you eat, how often you exercise and the type of exercise...
The wisdom of ikigai, the Japanese secret to longevity
by Aleteia People of faith can find much to appreciate and adopt in the 10 rules of ikigai, which encourages its adherents to lead a meaningful life. These 10 rules of ikigai may belong to traditional Japanese culture, but Christians can find much wisdom in them as...
New findings illuminate female aging, spotlighting new approaches to enhancing reproductive longevity
by Eleanor Garth - Longevity.Technology Buck Institute researchers reveal mechanism linking NAD+ to fertility problems A woman’s fertility normally decreases by her late 30s with reproductive function eventually ceasing at menopause. It is known that a small molecule...
At 90 years old, renowned Cleveland Clinic biochemist Dr. George Stark is still contributing to medical breakthroughs
By NBC NEWS Ever heard of the JAK-STAT pathway? Maybe not, but without its discovery, we wouldn't have dozens of medications, including cancer treatments and even that COVID vaccine. Dr. George Stark is part of the team that discovered it in 1992. Dr. George Stark...