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New Potential for Reversing Aging: Scientists Discover Changes in Aging Stem Cells
By Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - SciTech Daily Scientists have developed a method to identify aging muscle stem cells. The issue of aging and the fight against it has long been prevalent in both classic and contemporary literature throughout human...
Researchers Say They Are Close To Reversing Aging
By NBC News Researchers at Harvard University are investigating whether human genes could reverse the effects of aging. NBC Medical Fellow Dr. Akshay Syal got exclusive access to their lab to discuss the future of how to defy aging. Link to original...
Newly Discovered Cluster of Genes Increases Longevity
By SciTech Daily The NIA Interventions Testing Program, which included UT Health San Antonio, worked with counterparts in Switzerland and Tennessee. The Interventions Testing Program, which is funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), has reported the finding...
We Don’t Talk Enough About This Way to Combat Aging
By Patricia Prijatel - Psychology Today Personal Perspective: The self-perception of the wise and the wrinkled matters. Key points Older adults with negative attitudes toward aging tend to see loneliness and depression as something they just have to live with. They...
Longevity Summit 2022
By Longevity Summit Hosted at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Longevity Summit 2022 will feature talks from quite a few well-known members of the longevity community, including Buck CEO Eric Verdin, Morgan Levine of Altos Labs, Turn.bio COO Sergio Ruiz,...
Raising Awareness that Aging is a Problem Worth Solving
By Lifespan.io There has been plenty going on here at Lifespan.io, so we thought it was time to give you a little update on what’s been happening. Meet us at the Longevity Summit 2022 The Longevity Summit 2022 is happening on December 6-7 at the Buck Institute for...
Fitness program for blood stem cells: TAZ protein protects from age-related loss of function
by by Kerstin Wagner, Leibniz-Institut für Alternsforschung - Fritz-Lipmann-Institut e.V. (FLI) - Phys.org Image: Hematopoietic stem cells age very heterogeneously. The TAZ protein, a co-activator of the Hippo signaling pathway, can protect blood stem cells from...
New Book – The Healthspan Code: How to Reverse Biological Age
By Camillo Ricordi Finally the paperback English edition of The Healthspan Code is available on Amazon.com … just in time for some nice Holiday presents if you want to help someone you love, or care about, to prevent and defeat the Pandemics of the 21st Century, to...
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...