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By Beth Treffeisen - Northeastern Global News Aging happens. While the rate may vary from species to species and even person to person, targeting aging may extend the average life expectancy more than prevention or treatment of diseases, according to Northeastern...

Researchers used an intracellular toolkit to identify effective cell therapies By Dr. Prajakta Banik - Tech Explorist Stem cells have the unique ability to differentiate into different types of cells in the body, making them a promising tool for regenerative medicine....

An all-encompassing solution may have been found. By Josh Conway - Lifespan.io Researchers publishing in Nature Biotechnology have demonstrated a method of protecting mass-produced stem cells from the immune system, with strongly positive results in two different...

Scientists’ biosynthetic genetic ‘clock’ can ‘stall the aging process’ and extend lifespan. By Eleanor Garth - Longevity.Technology Human lifespan is intricately connected to the aging process of individual cells, and this means that scientists have spent decades...

by Natasha Weiss - Healthnews Sex is not only one of the most important ways you can connect with your partner and experience deep pleasure, but it also comes with plenty of health benefits like a boosted immune system, lower stress levels, and a reduced risk of...

The longer a person’s telomeres, researchers found, the greater the risk of cancer and other disorders, challenging a popular hypothesis about the chromosomal roots of vitality. By Gina Kolata - New York Times The story, as often happens in science, sounded so...

Aubrey de Grey explains why the time is right to be extremely ambitious and audacious when it comes to longevity research. By Eleanor Garth - Longevity.Technology August will see the second annual Longevity Summit take place in Dublin. Packed with keynote...

by Cassie Tomlin - Cedars Sinai A first-of-its-kind stem cell therapy for ALS passes a critical safety benchmark, advancing the search to slow down, reverse and prevent the disease. In a parallel study, investigators are growing patient-derived stem cells to model...

By Eve Herold -  Leaps.org After a cloned baby sheep, what started as one of the most controversial areas in medicine is now promising to transform it. The field of regenerative medicine had a shaky start. In 2002, when news spread about the first cloned animal, Dolly...

Studying yeast cells, researchers build a biosynthetic genetic ‘clock’ to extend lifespan By Mario Aguilera - UC San Diego Today Human lifespan is related to the aging of our individual cells. Three years ago a group of University of California San Diego researchers...

by Josh Conway - Lifespan.io As expected, this paper begins with a discussion of stem cell exhaustion and its downstream consequences. It continues with an elaboration on stemness, the particular biochemistry that stem cells exhibit, which underlies efforts to...

By Joshua Hawkins - BGR A group of German scientists may have finally cracked the code to slow down human aging. According to a new study published in Nature, researchers with the University of Cologne in Germany have discovered a breakthrough in gene transcription...