News and Press Releases

By James Mitchell Crow - Nature - Will a human ever celebrate a 150th birthday? You bet, says Stephen Austad, a biology of ageing researcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Austad is so sure that life expectancy is poised for another rapid rise, he put...

by Sonia Fernandez - UC Santa Barbara - In our modern society, aging tends to be something we ignore, and then try to avoid. Mainstream culture is geared toward the young, using the youth to gauge trends and styles, and targeting their spending power. Meanwhile, the...

By Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - SciTechDaily - Once thought to be a flaw in the system, new research suggests that CD4 T cells may actually hold the key to maintaining a properly functioning, age-appropriate immune system. Prof. Alon Monsonego of Ben-Gurion...

by Veronique Greenwood - TIME - Most people might not have heard of the Framingham Heart Study. But the massive public-health research effort, now in its 77th year of conducting in-depth analysis of more than 15,000 people, is the source of many insights we now have...

by Larry Sokoloff - Northern California Public Media - High on a hill overlooking Novato is the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, a familiar landmark to anyone traveling north on U.S. Highway 101 in Marin County. Its buildings stand out due to their angular white...

By John Werner - Forbes - As we continue to realize everything that we can do with artificial intelligence and large language models, scientists are taking aim at longevity. Generally, humans have always wanted to live longer. But most efforts in this direction have...

By Mark Swartz - New America - With the Trump administration slashing social services to pay for historic tax cuts, states are scrambling to anticipate and mitigate the fallout for the populations affected, including seniors who depend on Medicare, Medicaid, and...

By University of Bristol - ScienceDaily - Scientists have discovered that a “longevity gene” found in people who live beyond 100 can reverse heart aging in models of Progeria, a devastating disease that causes children to age rapidly. By introducing this...

By Elanor Garth - Longevity.Technology - New nonprofit ALSAE unites science, arts and entertainment to change how society sees longevity and the diseases of aging. Longevity has long been a matter of data and discovery – less often of drama and direction. A new...

By Amy M. Pearlman, MD - Urology Times - In this energizing episode of Pearls & Perspectives, recorded live at the 26th Annual Fall Scientific Meeting of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America in Grapevine, Texas, host Amy Pearlman sits down with Mohit Khera,...

by Thorvardur de Shong - Mass Market Retailers - - Consumers shift from living longer to living better, driving demand for functional ingredients across snacks, supplements, and beverages. Natural product shoppers are no longer motivated just by living longer....