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WINSTON-SALEM, NC, February, 2023 -- The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) and the Regenerative Medicine Foundation (RMF) have announced that the 20th edition of the World Stem Cell Summit will be held in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in...

by Roberto Molar Candanosa, Johns Hopkins University Researchers have discovered a surprising anomaly in the behavior of how proteins form, upending long-held assumptions about the way cells produce these crucial molecules and potentially leading to a better...

Abstract In 2021, China became an aged society when the share of its elderly population (age 65 years and above) exceeded 14%. In China, as in other upper-middle-income and high-income countries, life expectancy gains are increasingly concentrated at older ages with...

By Alice Park - Time.com It’s been 13 years in the making, but Dr. David Sinclair and his colleagues have finally answered the question of what drives aging. In a study published Jan. 12 in Cell, Sinclair, a professor of genetics and co-director of the Paul F. Glenn...

by Chloe Meck, Source: Joslin Diabetes Center - Neuroscience.com In a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center investigated the role of one cellular mechanism in improving physical fitness by...

By Amanda Vining - Health Digest Each year on your birthday, you become a year older and celebrate the achievement of a new age. The process of aging is perhaps the most natural and universal experience that everyone across the globe goes through. Whether you age from...

by Abby Miller Levy - TechCrunch Last year was when we all got the wake-up call about longevity. From major reports published on the impact of longevity by the National Academy of Medicine and McKinsey to every leading newspaper, public discourse highlighted how our...

The findings in mice suggest a new therapeutic approach to treating Alzheimer’s and other age-related diseases. By Washington University School of Medicine - SciTech Daily Many neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, are characterized by the...

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN In a few, unique communities around the globe, people live long and heathy lives, up to and past 100. Dubbed “blue zones,” residents of these areas share a common environment and lifestyle that scientists believe contribute to their longevity....

by Emily Manis - Psypost.org If you were told to take your vitamins during childhood, you were given good advice, not only for your body, but for your brain. A study published in Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging finds that low vitamin D levels are associated with...

By the WEEK New Delhi (India), January 04: People have started to understand that health is eventually the most treasured thing that a man can possess. No matter how much wealth one has earned or how bigger one’s social circle is- it all comes down to how healthy one...

By The Harvard Gazette Researchers see association between the cognitive decline observed in patients with severe COVID and molecular signatures of brain aging In a series of experiments, scientists at Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical found that...