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Jan 11, 2018
Zeb2-NAT Molecule May Reverse Cellular Aging
Posted by Steve Hill in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
Researchers have found that by manipulating a single RNA molecule, they can reverse some aspects of cellular aging and regenerate aged cells.
Old cells resist regeneration
As we grow older, our cells gradually age, leading to the development of various diseases. Therefore, inducing cellular regeneration is one of the approaches that researchers are using to combat the age-related diseases associated with cellular aging. Unfortunately, aged cells are often highly resistant to therapies aimed at inducing regeneration.
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Jan 11, 2018
The 2018 Undoing Aging Conference
Posted by Michael Greve in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
Early Bird ends soon!
Have you got your tickets yet? If not, then you just have a few days to do so and save. Early Bird pricing ends on Monday, 11:59 pm CET.
The 2018 Undoing Aging Conference is focused on the cellular and molecular repair of age-related damage as the basis of therapies to bring aging under full medical control.
Jan 10, 2018
Alzheimers Drug Turns Back the Clock in Mitochondria
Posted by Steve Hill in categories: biotech/medical, life extension, neuroscience
J147 is an experimental drug that has been shown to treat Alzheimer’s disease, and it also appears to reverse some aspects of aging. It is also poised to enter human clinical trials in the near future, although how it works has been somewhat of a puzzle.
A new study published in the journal Aging Cell has changed all that, and the results are quite intriguing[1]. Researchers at the Salk Institute have solved the mystery of how J147 works and why it makes old flies, mice, and cells more youthful.
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Jan 9, 2018
Exercise is Currently the Best Way to Slow Down Aging
Posted by Steve Hill in category: life extension
We have all heard that exercise is good for our health. However, it can not only keep you healthy, it can also slow down some aspects of aging. Some researchers even think that it might be possible to use this knowledge to develop new therapies against aging. While waiting for that to happen, we need to exercise in order to slow down the effects of aging.
How important is it to keep fit?
So, how beneficial is exercising? Well, one of the best studies conducted on this subject showed that women will live 5.6 years longer and men 6.2 years longer if they exercise between 1 and 2.5 hours per week[1]. This makes exercise a better lifestyle choice than any other, at least as long as you’re not counting avoiding downright dangerous behavior, such as smoking.
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Jan 9, 2018
Bioquark Inc. — Ira Pastor — Humans 2.0 Podcast
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biological, business, cryonics, DNA, health, life extension, singularity, transhumanism
Jan 9, 2018
Bioquark Inc. — Ira Pastor — X-Zone Radio Show
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biotech/medical, cosmology, cryonics, DNA, futurism, genetics, life extension, transhumanism
Jan 8, 2018
Discussion of iTR Publication
Posted by Michael Greve in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, life extension
AgeX, one of our supported startups aiming at turning basic research into actual rejuvenation therapies for human application, just published a breakthrough genetic discovery that could enable us to activate tissue regeneration capabilities in humans.
Dr. Mike West, CEO of AgeX, will also be presenting at undoing-aging.org
Jan 7, 2018
Longevity FAQ: A beginner’s guide to longevity research
Posted by Montie Adkins in category: life extension
Jan 5, 2018
Understanding Why the Thymus Shrinks With Age
Posted by Steve Hill in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
Today, we are going to take a look at a new study in which scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research have recently identified a type of cell that appears to be implied in thymic involution—the shrinking of the thymus[1].
Thymic involution is somewhat of a mystery in biology, a phenomenon that isn’t fully understood that happens to everyone with age and is a driving cause of immunosenescence, the age-related decline in our immune systems’ ability to fight disease. This new study helps to shed light on why it happens.
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