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Old muscle stem cells are rejuvenated by a young environment
By Hannah Walters - Nature Aging Now, a study has examined how muscle stem cells and their communication with the niche changes with age. Firstly, muscle tissue from young and old mice was characterized using single-cell RNA sequencing to examine how aging affects the...
A longevity expert who studied people who live to 110 on how humanity and AI will master aging
By Kerima Greene - CNBC Kristen Fortney is CEO and co-founder of BioAge, a clinical stage biotech developing a pipeline of treatments to extend healthy lifespan by targeting molecular causes of aging. As a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University, she used...
Increasing Lifespan by 10%: Scientists Identify a New Promising Anti-Aging Drug
By University of Auckland - SciTechDaily.com Researchers in New Zealand have discovered a drug that has the potential for longer and healthier aging. An Aotearoa New Zealand study, recently published in the renowned journal Nature Aging, has advanced the timeless...
What ‘biological age’ actually means — and how some people are trying to de-age their bodies
by Hilary Brueck - Insider The buzzy term "biological age" suggests there may be a more complex and precise, scientific answer to the straightforward question "how old are you?" — one that can't simply be answered by measuring the amount of time a person has spent on...
Looking younger than your age? Your physical and mental health may explain why
By Divina Gulayan - Longevity.Technology Are you worried that you might look older than your actual age? A study [1] shows that looking older than your age may indicate that you are at increased risk of diseases such as glaucoma or loss of vision and osteoporosis. The...
Emory study advances research and understanding of premature brain aging
By Emory University An Emory University study published in Aging shows brain lesions, known as white matter hyperintensities (WMH), are associated with premature brain aging. Emory University School of Medicine professor of neurology Leonardo Bonilha, MD, PhD, and...
Is reverse aging already possible? Drugs that could treat aging might already be on the pharmacy shelves
BY Sonya Collins - Fortune At 67 years old, Dr. Nir Barzilai looks about the same as, if not younger than, he did 10 years ago. It’s apparent in side-by-side photographs, and it’s what most people who know him say. Barzilai lives a healthy lifestyle. He exercises...
Frail people are left to die in prison as judges fail to act on a law to free them
By Fred Clasen-Kelly - NPR News Jimmy Dee Stout was serving time on drug charges when he got grim news early last year. Doctors told Stout, now 62, the sharp pain and congestion in his chest were caused by stage 4 lung cancer, a terminal condition. "I'm holding on,...
To reverse aging in stem cells, NANOG gene ‘rewires’ metabolic networks
By Cory Nealon - University at Buffalo Two new studies build knowledge upon how stem cells work; could lead to new drugs for age-related diseases BUFFALO, N.Y. – Recent lab studies have shown that aging is a reversible process, an advancement that has prompted...
Mapping out the longevity investment landscape
By Phil Newman - Longevity.Technology Longevity.Technology CEO shares his outlook for longevity investing, exploring longevity domains and categories and the clinical stages of longevity biotechs. Last year, I was invited to share my outlook on the longevity...
From Jeff Bezos to Jack Dorsey, here are 14 the world’s wealthiest entrepreneurs trying to crack the code of living forever
By Lakshmi Varanasi - Business Insider Jeff Bezos is reportedly an investor in Altos Labs, a biotech startup with a goal "to restore cell health and resilience through cellular rejuvenation programming to reverse disease, injury, and the disabilities that can occur...
Will Revitalizing Old Blood Slow Aging?
By Columbia University Irving Medical Center Young blood has a rejuvenating effect when infused into older bodies, according to recent research: Aging hearts beat stronger, muscles become stronger, and thinking becomes sharper. Many scientists are looking for the...