News and Press Releases

by The New York Times People who think positively about getting older often live longer, healthier lives. Here is how to reconsider your perspective. If you associate aging with only loss or limitation, “you're not getting the full picture of what it means to age,”...

by Neuroscience News Researchers delved into how microglial cells in the brain age and their link to brain dysfunction. Their study, using male and female mice, found surprising sex-based distinctions in microglial aging. Aged-like microglia were shown to contribute...

By Eleanor Garth -  Logevity.Technology Dr Alex Colville joins forces with Laura Deming to advance The Longevity Fund’s mission and lead investments in longevity science moonshots. San Francisco-based age1, a venture capital firm catalyzing the next generation of...

By Danny Sullivan - Longevity.Technology Rejuvenation Technologies is targeting longevity and age-related disease with telomerase-based mRNA therapies. For the past five years, Silicon Valley biotech Rejuvenation Technologies has been quietly working on a therapeutic...

By Stanford University School of Engineering - SciTech Daily When an injury occurs in many organisms, a whole-body response is triggered, possibly aiding in healing and regeneration; this is seen in mice, axolotls, zebrafish, and planarian worms. In planarians,...

by Zoe Diana Draelos, MD - Dermatology Times The concept of aging is complex, multifactorial, and poorly understood. In dermatology, we deal with the most obvious signs of aging related to skin appearance. Every day, the mirror documents skin aging in detail for all....

By Danny Sullivan - Logevity.Technology Longevity biotech company Rejuveron Life Sciences has successfully closed a dual-tranche Series B equity and convertible loan financing round, raising a total of $75 million. The funding was co-led by Catalio Capital Management...

By University of Otago - SciTech Daily Researchers at the University of Otago have discovered that exposure to female odors and pheromones in mice can lead to weight loss and longer lifespans. These findings may have potential implications for humans. According to Dr....

By University of California - San Francisco - SciTech Daily Scientists have identified platelet factor 4 (PF4), produced by platelets, as the shared mechanism enhancing cognitive function in young blood transfusion, the longevity hormone klotho, and exercise. PF4 has...

By Clay Risen and Amanda Holpuch - The New York Times Ian Wilmut, the British scientist who led the project that cloned a mammal for the first time, Dolly the sheep, shocking scientists who had thought that such a procedure was impossible, died on Sunday. He was 79....

By Technology Networks News A research team led by Professor Jong Kyoung Kim from the Department of Life Sciences at POSTECH along with Professor Seung-Hoi Koo from the Division of Life Sciences at Korea University and principal researcher Geum-Sook Hwang from Korea...

By Michelle Cottle - The New York Times Most people don’t like to think about growing old. But when asked, most Americans 55 or older say they want to do so at home. The appeal is understandable. Aging in place, surrounded by familiar places, faces and memories, can...