News and Press Releases

by Andrew Thurston - Boston University - The Brink - It’s a disease that can literally take your breath away—and there’s no cure. As pulmonary fibrosis progresses, it causes scarring in the lungs, making it harder and harder to absorb oxygen into the bloodstream. For...

By BMC Military Research - Abstract Severe tissue defects present formidable challenges to human health, persisting as major contributors to mortality rates. The complex pathological microenvironment, particularly the disrupted immune landscape within these defects,...

By Drug Target Review - Researchers at Brown University have found how a neuropeptide hormone produced in the gut of flies can control their lifespan. This could have far-reaching implications for new diabetes and obesity medications for humans. Marc Tatar, study...

by Danny Sullivan -  Longevity.Technology - US biotech Tolerance Bio has launched with $17.2 million in seed financing to develop thymus-based therapies for immune-mediated diseases. The company focuses on preserving, regenerating and manipulating the thymus, an organ...

by Josh Conway - Lifespan.io - In Aging Cell, researchers have published their findings that exosomes, which we have previously reported to extend the lives of mice, also extend the lives of rats. Exosomes, a subset of extracellular vesicles (EVs), can be visualized...

by Joseph Shavit - The Brighter Side News - In a major discovery, scientists have presented the first evidence of Alzheimer's disease transmission in living individuals. A recent paper published in Nature Medicine sheds light on a remarkable case where Alzheimer's...

By Danny Sullivan - Longevity.Technoloy - Longevity biotech Clock.bio has secured $5.3 million in seed funding to support its mission to extend human healthspan via the self-rejuvenation mechanisms present in stem cells. The company also revealed it has completed its...

By Priyanjana Pramanik, MSc. - News Medical Life Sciences - Plant polyphenols show promise in slowing aging, boosting brain health, and preventing age-related diseases through their powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, offering a natural approach to...

By Alexa Mikhail - Fortune - At the turn of the 20th Century, one could expect to live until 47 in the U.S. Now, medical advancements, like vaccines and antibiotics, and public health initiatives have increased life expectancy in the U.S. to 77 years old and 73...

By Purdue University - With age, some cells in the brain enter a state of senescence: rather than dying or regenerating by dividing, they just linger, alive, but functioning less effectively than normal cells. Senescence in the brain has been linked to cognitive...

By Dana G. Smith - New York Times In March, Robert Berger, 69, a self-proclaimed “better-living-through-chemistry type of person,” started taking a small dose of rapamycin once a week with the goal of increasing his “health span” — the amount of time he might live...

by Josh Conway - Lifespan.io - Researchers are keeping a bank of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) derived from centenarians and their descendants. They describe the purpose of this bank and its uses in Aging Cell. These researchers built their bank using...