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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...
How are longevity and cardiovascular aging interrelated?
By Eleanor Garth - Longevity Technology Researchers explain the existence of pathophysiological links between longevity and cardiovascular aging. Cardiovascular aging is defined as structural and functional changes in older individuals that can lead to cardiovascular...
High Blood Pressure May Accelerate the Aging of Your Bones
By The American Heart Association - Sci Tech Daily According to a recent mouse study presented at an American Heart Association convention, high blood pressure may accelerate the aging of bones. According to a recent study presented at the American Heart Association’s...
Inside Saudi Arabia’s $20 Billion Bet On Longevity Biotechnology
By Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD - Forbes From 0 to 1 - Saudi Arabia’s Technology Dream I visited Saudi Arabia (KSA) for the first time in my life in July, 2022. It broke all stereotypes and reminded me of visiting Shenzhen in 2002. There is no religious police on the...
Scientists Successfully Reverse Premature Aging
By King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) - Sci Tech Daily A new, promising target for treating premature aging. Werner Syndrome and Hutchinson Gilford Progeria Syndrome are two examples of the rare genetic disorders known as progeroid syndromes...
Aubrey de Grey on longevity at scale
New Longevity Escape Velocity Foundation aims for scientific and rhetorical value – and to run the debug cycle for longevity research Author: Eleanor Gart - Logevisty Technology The Longevity Investors Conference is quickly turning into one of the highlights in the...
How scientists want to make you young again
Research labs are pursuing technology to “reprogram” aging bodies back to youth. By Antonio Regalado - MIT Technology Review A little over 15 years ago, scientists at Kyoto University in Japan made a remarkable discovery. When they added just four proteins to a skin...
Being lonely and unhappy accelerates aging more than smoking, study finds
by Deep Longevity - MedicalXpress Molecular damage accumulates and contributes to the development of aging-related frailty and serious diseases. In some people these molecular processes are more intense than in others, a condition commonly referred to as accelerated...
The impact of sleep fragmentation on the clonal diversity of immune cells and the genetic aging of the hematopoietic system
Sleep has been long celebrated as the ultimate pick-me-up after a period of excessive labor, stress, illness, or other cause of bodily strain. It affects immunity and inflammatory pathways, thus protecting against cardiovascular disease, neurodegenerative conditions...