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How genetically engineered immune cells are beating some cancers
In some cases, it is now possible to genetically engineer the immune system to banish cancers like T-cell leukaemia that were previously unresponsive to treatments By Michael Le Page - New Scientist ONE of the most amazing things about the immune system is how hard it...
World Stem Cell Summit coming to Winston-Salem as regenerative medicine gains traction
Image Caption: WFIRM research lab technicians Denethia Green and Kristina Stumpf (foreground) test out LabSat® Research, an ultra-rapid automated staining that reduces turnaround times, provided to the RegeneratOR Test Bed by PHC. By The Wake Forest Institute for...
Watch: 3D printing living cells inside human body becomes a reality
by Nergis Firtina - Interesting Engineering Three-dimensional bioprinting uses bio-inks mixed with living cells to print natural tissue-like structures. Currently, this technology can be applied to various research fields, including tissue engineering and drug...
Could gene-editing be used to treat mental illness?
By Sofia Phillips - Thred Just as the technology is promising new therapies for everything from heart disease to cancer, some researchers believe that tinkering with the epigenome could help reverse the damage done by trauma. In recent years, scientists have made...
Bending the Longevity Curve, Peter Attia’s new book Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
By Dan Costa - Worth When Peter Attia was in high school, he wanted to be a professional boxer and studied “the sweet science of bruising” with an obsessive focus. These days he is less of a bruiser, but the obsessive study of science remains. Trained as a surgeon,...
OpenAI CEO invested $180 million in longevity company Retro Bio
By Danny Sullivan - Longevity.Technology Sam Altman revealed as mystery investor behind longevity biotech that aims to increase healthy human lifespan by 10 years. Sam Altman, the American entrepreneur, investor and CEO of artificial intelligence giant OpenAI invested...
Extracellular Vesicles as a Hallmark of Aging. These signaling molecules change with senescence and in the gut.
By Josh Conway - Lifespan.io A review paper published in Cells has described multiple ways in which the secretion of extracellular vesicles (EVs) changes with aging, leading the authors to propose it as its own hallmark. Extracellular vesicles and their uses This...
Old muscle stem cells are rejuvenated by a young environment
By Hannah Walters - Nature Aging Now, a study has examined how muscle stem cells and their communication with the niche changes with age. Firstly, muscle tissue from young and old mice was characterized using single-cell RNA sequencing to examine how aging affects the...
A longevity expert who studied people who live to 110 on how humanity and AI will master aging
By Kerima Greene - CNBC Kristen Fortney is CEO and co-founder of BioAge, a clinical stage biotech developing a pipeline of treatments to extend healthy lifespan by targeting molecular causes of aging. As a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University, she used...
Increasing Lifespan by 10%: Scientists Identify a New Promising Anti-Aging Drug
By University of Auckland - SciTechDaily.com Researchers in New Zealand have discovered a drug that has the potential for longer and healthier aging. An Aotearoa New Zealand study, recently published in the renowned journal Nature Aging, has advanced the timeless...
What ‘biological age’ actually means — and how some people are trying to de-age their bodies
by Hilary Brueck - Insider The buzzy term "biological age" suggests there may be a more complex and precise, scientific answer to the straightforward question "how old are you?" — one that can't simply be answered by measuring the amount of time a person has spent on...
Looking younger than your age? Your physical and mental health may explain why
By Divina Gulayan - Longevity.Technology Are you worried that you might look older than your actual age? A study [1] shows that looking older than your age may indicate that you are at increased risk of diseases such as glaucoma or loss of vision and osteoporosis. The...