News and Press Releases

By Jon Hamilton - NPR - A study of cells from 84 cadaver brains suggests that Alzheimer's has two distinct phases, and that one type of neuron is especially vulnerable. "There's an early phase where there's a very slow increase in the amount of pathology," says Ed...

Arun Sharma, PhD By Cedars Sinai News - Cedars-Sinai investigators are one step closer to manufacturing stem cells in space, which could speed up the development of new medical therapies on Earth. The first published data from the experiments conducted on a private...

By Texas A&M College of Medicine News - A new therapy may delay Alzheimer’s disease progression by years, according to a study by researchers at Texas A&M University College of Medicine. Published in the Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, the research aims to...

By Noor Al Mazrouei - Trends Research Advisory - As the global population ages, the quest for longevity and enhanced quality of life for older adults has become an urgent focus in the healthcare industry. Recent advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) have opened...

By UNH Manchester - The University of New Hampshire at Manchester has been awarded $10 million to lead workforce development efforts within the ReGen Valley Tech Hub, an initiative aimed at establishing Southern New Hampshire as a global leader in biofabrication....

By Alison Satake, Mayo Clinic - SciTechDaily - Mayo Clinic’s recent study reveals that senescent cells in the skin, commonly dismissed as merely cosmetic concerns, could substantially influence overall aging. Their findings link these cells to declines in muscle and...

By Maggie Chen - Drug Discovery Network - Previous genome editing techniques only work when delivered early in life. This approach could help preserve hearing that is lost later on. When babies pop into the world, they almost immediately undergo a battery of tests....

By Technology Networks - A single treatment with, a CRISPR-Cas9-based gene editing therapy, is enough to replace the daily medication of patients with hereditary angioedema (HAE), a condition characterized by severe, painful and sudden onset of swelling, sometimes...

By Mayo Clinic - News Medical.net - Stem cells grown in microgravity aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have unique qualities that could one day help accelerate new biotherapies and heal complex disease, two Mayo Clinic researchers say. The research analysis...

By Kim Brooks - Chicago Magazine - A revolutionary lab at Northwestern Medicine promises to unlock the secrets to longevity. We’re all going to die. On this front, there’s been little progress. But when? And how? And in what kind of physical condition will we spend...

By Alexa Mikhail - Fortune - There’s not a cure-all drug to help us live longer. Dr. Nir Barzilai, the director of the Institute for Aging Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and board member at The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR),...

By Eliza Barclay - The New York Times - I was lying on my side at physical therapy, halfway through a set of leg raises to strengthen a butt muscle gone soft, when a therapist attending to a 41-year-old woman with knee pain said something that made my ears perk up....