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By Molly Smith - Loma Linda University Health Danilo Vitorovic, MD, a neurologist at Loma Linda University Health, supports claims that severe COVID-19 may age the brain by decades. Brain fog, anxiety, and sleep disturbances are some long-haul COVID-19 symptoms, but...

Miniature organoids are being implanted into animals. Humans are next. By Jessica Hamzelou - MIT Technology Review To the naked eye, organoids aren’t much to look at. They’re basically tiny blobs. Closer inspection reveals their true complexity: these lab-grown balls...

Image caption: The UCI research team is directed by (seated, from left) Frank LaFerla, Andrea Tenner and Kim Green. Other investigators include (standing, from left) Marcelo Wood, Arthur Lander, Grant MacGregor, Ian Smith, Vivek Swarup, Craig Stark, Andre Obenaus and...

By Stephen Vicinanza - Interesting Engineering Findings show it’s possible to reverse the aging process by overexpressing the NANOG protein University of Buffalo scientists have undertaken a study that shows a process to reverse aging in muscle cells. Aging in muscle...

Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc - News-medical.net A new study led by Claus M. Azzalin, group leader at Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes- iMM and published today in the prestigious scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...

The Mayo Clinic is focused on extending the healthspan. "Worldwide demographics place life expectancy at 73, but the average age of chronic disease onset is 64. That gap between health span and life spans could be closed with proper public policy initiatives and...

By Danny Sullivan - Longevity.Technology New report explores the paradigm shift in longevity and how people can start working on improving their healthspan today. A new report entitled The Way Forward for Longevity was published today, covering the building blocks of...

by Evangeline Mantzioris, The Conversation You may have heard about the longevity diet, and its promise of an extended life span—but what exactly is it and is it any different to other diets promoting good health? The longevity diet is a set of eating recommendations...

The Healthy Longevity Medicine Society aims to make longevity a specialty area of modern healthcare. Author: Danny Sullivan - Longevity Technology Amid all the cutting-edge research and drug discovery news at this year’s ARDD meeting, you may have missed a key...

By Johannes Van Zijl - IFLScience Hallmarks of aging in muscle cells have been reversed by the overexpression of a specific protein called NANOG. The finding by scientists from University at Buffalo shows how NANOG can reverse cellular aging in muscle cells without...

By Chris Farrell - Morningstar.com Population aging is one of the most significant forces shaping the U.S. and world economies. Thanks to cumulative effect of medical, educational, and social advances, about half the people born in the U.S. after 2007 are projected to...

Advanced technology is creating live, moving organs for the human body using 3D printers A research team at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in South Korea has developed a method for engineering organs at scale using bioprinting. The findings from...