News and Press Releases
An analysis of excess mortality rates during COVID-19 pandemic in countries with aging populations
By Dr. Chinta Sidharthan - News Medical Life Scienes In a recent JAMA Network Open study, researchers explore the association between excess mortality and economic factors, health, population, and well-being before and during the coronavirus disease 2019...
Yale Researchers Awarded $12M NIH Grant to Study Impact of FGF21 Protein on Aging
By Yale School of Medicine Researchers from Yale University, and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have been awarded a $12.4 million, five-year grant from the National Institute on Aging of the NIH to deploy their unique research models and expertise...
What’s The Promise Of Healthcare Technology For Aging In Place?
by Dwight Raum - Forbes Whenever I hear conversations about “aging in place,” my interest is piqued. Like many of us, that’s because I care for an aging parent, and I’m on the lookout for new tools and technology to help. As a card-carrying member of the sandwich...
Signs of Alzheimer’s might be visible 9 years before diagnosis
Cambridge scientists show spotting signs of brain impairment in patients could be possible nine years before they receive a dementia diagnosis. by Eleanor Garth - Longevity Technology A team of Cambridge researchers has analysed data from the UK Biobank and discovered...
Turn.bio Announces Preliminary Results of a CAR-T Cell Study
This company is working towards perfecting cellular reprogramming by Arkadi Mazin - Lifespan.io Turn.bio, a developer of mRNA-based cellular reprogramming technologies, has announced preliminary results from its current trial. The announcement was made by the...
Inside the billion-dollar meeting for the mega-rich who want to live forever
Well, all the money in the world won't stop you from being hit by a bus- if you don't look both ways! Fascinating article by Jessica Hamzelou in #MITTechnologyReview. The optics may not have been perfect, but #LongevityInvestorConference in the Swiss Alps surely...
Ancient disease has potential to regenerate livers, study finds
University of Edinburgh - Eurekalert.org Leprosy is one of the world’s oldest and most persistent diseases but the bacteria that cause it may also have the surprising ability to grow and regenerate a vital organ. Scientists have discovered that parasites associated...
Jim Mellon: Longevity could be the best investment you ever make
Juvenescence Chairman explains why investing in longevity has the potential to deliver significant financial, personal and humanitarian returns. by Danny Sullivan - Longevity Technology In a few short weeks, The Longevity Week returns, bringing with it a host of...
Want To Live Longer? How Life Extension Industry Will Reboot Health, Wellness and The Economy
By Dean DeBias - Forbes Do you want to live a better, healthier and longer life? Me too. Lets go back to 1937, when Albert Szent-Györgyi won a Nobel Prize for his discovery of ascorbic acid—vitamin C—that enables the body to efficiently use carbohydrates, fats, and...
What will the $100 genome mean?
Sequencing the human #genome for $100 (or less) will undoubtedly open up new areas of research & improve human health- impacting #healthspan & #longevity. Newborn screening will predict chronic diseases. It will serve as a boon to underfunded diseases such as...
Disrupt Aging – Living to 100 – The Longevity Catchup from AARP
The Longevity Catchup - AARP The Longevity Catch Up series is a cross-generational set of interviews that is focused on redefining what society, particularly in the music, sports and entertainment industry, views as “retirement” in an era of increased longevity. It...
Framework for 3D Bioprinting Plant Cells Developed
By North Carolina State University - Technology Networks A new study from North Carolina State University shows a reproducible way of studying cellular communication among varied types of plant cells by “bioprinting” these cells via a 3D printer. Learning more about...