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This Protein Slows the Aging Brain, and We Know How to Counter It
By Levi Gadye - University of California San Francisco - Aging is particularly harsh on the hippocampus, the brain region responsible for learning and memory. Now, researchers at UC San Francisco have identified a protein that’s at the center of this decline. They...
Finnish study reveals why the longest-lived region doesn’t follow Blue Zone rules
By Hugo Francisco de Souza - News Medical Life Sciences - In Western Finland, the longest-lived region thrives without following classic Blue Zone habits, while another community shows promising lifestyle patterns, challenging the idea that there’s only one path to a...
Redefining longevity science funding through Web3
By Phil Newman - Longevity.Technology - Aubrai debuts on Bio Protocol’s launchpad with a vision to democratize scientific funding and governance. The persistent challenge facing longevity and regenerative medicine is often not scientific know-how, but rather how...
Mayo Clinic researchers discover the immune system’s ‘fountain of youth’
By Alison Satake - Mayo Clinic - ROCHESTER, Minn. — The immune system is meant to protect the body from infection and disease. But with age, it can become less capable of doing so. However, Mayo Clinic researchers have found that some older people maintain "immune...
Exploring the barriers and enablers to healthy longevity
By Open Access Government - Didier Coeurnelle, Co-chair at Heales (Healthy Life Extension Society) and member of the board at the International Longevity Alliance, discusses developments in longevity research, promoters and barriers to healthy aging, and the...
UCLA scientists develop off-the-shelf immunotherapy for ovarian cancer
By Linda Wang - UCLA - The team will now seek FDA approval to open a clinical trial for the CAR-NKT cell therapy UCLA researchers have developed a new type of immunotherapy called CAR-NKT cell therapy that, in patient-derived tumor samples, has been shown to be more...
The pioneering therapy that could roll back the rigours of ageing
bY Sarah Knapton - The Telegraph - The clock could be turned back on ageing with a groundbreaking new therapy that aims to recharge cells with “batteries” from the placenta of newborns. Israel-based Minovia Therapeutics is the first company in the world to start...
Why Racehorses Might Hold The Key To Saving Human Lives
by Kamalan Jeevaratnam, University of Surrey - StudyFinds - Sudden cardiac death in elite athletes, both human and equine, is rare but often devastating, and racehorses share heart anatomy and disease patterns closely resembling humans. Studying equine cardiac health...
Making Healthspan a Fundamental Human Right | Pioneers of Hope™
PART 2 - In our last episode of Pioneers of Hope™, I spoke with Bernard Siegel, JD, about his relentless advocacy for ethical innovation in science. Today, in this second part of the two-episode series, Bernie dives deep into his conviction that access to a lifestyle...
A Brain Clock for Finding Rejuvenating Medications
by Josh Conway - Lifespan Research Institute - Compounds that affect transcription were identified. Researchers have developed a transcription-based clock that estimates brain age and used it to identify potential interventions against age-related neurodegeneration....
Stem Cells From ALS Patients Reveal a Potential New Target for Treatment
By Technology Networks - Drug Discovery - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is an incurable neurological disorder affecting motor neurons—nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement and breathing....
A unifying theory of aging and mortality
by Scientific Reports - In this paper, we advance the network theory of aging and mortality by developing a causal mathematical model for the mortality rate. First, we show that in large networks, where health deficits accumulate at nodes representing health...