News and Press Releases
AI and biobanks could open the way to longevity treatments
By Jonathan Smith - Labiotech.eu The development of longevity treatments is hampered by a lack of biomarkers and validated drug targets. BioAge’s co-founder and CEO, Kristen Fortney, explains how the firm is enlisting machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence...
PTSD may speed up cellular aging
By by Jessica Colarossi-Boston University - Futurity New research with military veterans finds a connection between DNA myethylation signals of accelerated cellular aging and mental health conditions like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). From birth to death, a...
FDA says NMN cannot be sold as a dietary supplement in the US
Author: Danny Sullivan - Longevity.Technology Regulator’s decision based on NMN’s investigation for use as a pharmaceutical drug – sparks immediate response from the Council for Responsible Nutrition. The United States Food & Drug Administration has said popular...
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...