News and Press Releases

By Tracy Swartz - The New York Post - Tech billionaires are pouring massive amounts of their fortune into the bitter battle to be the best Benjamin Button, propelling the market for life-extending therapeutics into a $25 billion business. OpenAI CEO Altman, 39, and...

By Bruce Gil - Quartz - Google’s anti-aging company Calico released disappointing trial results of its first ever drug. Calico’s fosigotifator was tested for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a fatal neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain...

By Medical  News Today - While some studies have shown a link between insufficient sleep and the risk of cognitive impairment and dementia, other studies have failed to find a similar association between sleep duration and cognitive function. A new study published in...

By News Medical Life Sciences - Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have collaborated with international partners to explore if societal inequality affects our brain. Their research paper is published in Nature Aging today, [Friday, December 27th] by an...

By Open to Debate - Audio Podcast -  How long would you like to live, and could science and technology make it possible? Longevity science aims to extend our healthy years through advancements in CRISPR, cellular reprogramming, and drug development. While private...

By Susan Buckles - Mayo Clinic - Rochester, Minn. — People around the globe are living longer — but not necessarily healthier — lives, according to Mayo Clinic research. A study of 183 World Health Organization (WHO) member countries found those additional years of...

By Eleanor Garth - Longevity.Technology - Dr Eric Verdin of The Buck Institute for Research on Aging on finding the longevity sweet spot between realism and optimism. The longevity field was stirred in October 2024 by a provocative paper published in Nature Aging...

by Rockefeller University - Phys.org - If you looked at two snapshots of the same maple tree taken in July and December, you'd see a dramatic change from summer's full green crown to winter's bare branches. What those two photos don't show you, however, is how the...

By By McMaster University - SciTechDaily - New research found that the protein MANF helps cells manage toxic protein clumps, improving cellular health and potentially aiding treatments for age-related diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Researchers at McMaster...

By National Institute on Aging - NIA’s investments in essential basic science to explore the molecular and cellular mechanisms that underlie aging deepen our understanding of how we can all lead longer, healthier lives. As the acting director of NIA’s Division of...

By Penn Today - Laboratory studies reveal a potentially low-tech intervention to improve personalized cell therapy. A simple dietary supplement may provide a new approach to boost CAR T cell function, according to a study from researchers in Penn’s Perelman School of...

By Carolyn Rosenblatt - Forbes - Alzheimer’s disease impacts nearly 7 million Americans today, and over 11 million family caregivers shoulder the responsibility of caring for them. Despite its prevalence, families are often lost in knowing what to do to safely care...