December 01, 2023
As researchers and biotech companies continue to work on the therapies and technologies that may let people live longer lives, much other research tells us about the lifestyle habits that people are doing to lengthen them - or shorten them - in the meantime. Here's what we've learned in November. LEAF News An Anonymous Longevity...
November 02, 2023
Scientists have demonstrated that hyperbaric oxygen therapy can reverse some aspects of bone deterioration caused by aging and obesity in rats [1]. Under pressure Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) involves placing the patient in a chamber with elevated levels of oxygen and atmospheric pressure. HBOT has been approved for treating certain conditions, such as air embolism,...
September 01, 2023
EARD2023, the Longevity + DeSci Summit, is over, but the work its speakers have been doing continues. Here's what's happened on the aging research front in August. LEAF News Team and activities Science and Advocacy at the Longevity + DeSci Summit: After three years in digital format due to COVID concerns, one of the oldest...
January 03, 2022
2021 has come to a close, but rejuvenation biotechnology is still just beginning. Let's see what the field has accomplished in December. LEAF News Holiday Wishes from Lifespan.io: Lifespan.io president Keith Comito thanks the community of Lifespan.io for helping to bring an end to the diseases of aging, closes out the year, and looks forward...
December 08, 2021
Transcriptomic results have been published regarding the Shamir Medical Center longitudinal study on hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), which was conducted between 2016 and 2020 on 35 healthy adults aged 64 and older [1]. Background Recently, we discussed misconceptions from the media on research developing on HBOT for age reversal. The researchers of this study have...
December 01, 2021
While new variants of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic make the headlines, heart disease and cancer remain the top causes of death, and the mortality rates of all three maladies rise sharply with advanced age. Let's see what steps we've taken against aging in November. LEAF News The Science and Technology of Growing Young: From Sergey...
November 24, 2021
Recent experiments published in the latest issue of Aging associate hyperbaric oxygen therapy with improvements in several biomarkers of skin aging. Skin Structure and AgingSkin, as the most readily visible organ of the human body, is one of the first to let us know that we are getting older. Our skin goes beyond appearance; it...
October 26, 2021
Two of the most prominent experts in the field have published a review of cellular senescence in the context of metabolism, and we bring you the highlights [1]. We rarely cover review papers, but when Cristopher D. Wiley and Judith Campisi, two of the most prominent experts on senescent cells, publish a review on senescence...
October 01, 2021
One second, one life: this axiom was true when LEAF was founded, and it remains true today. More than one person a second dies from age-related diseases, not including contagious diseases that youthful immune health would likely have protected them from. Let's see what progress has been made last month in helping people live longer....
May 03, 2021
We've all aged another month, but we're another month closer to discovering how to reverse it. Here's what we've learned about aging in the month of April. LEAF News Promising to connect biotech innovators and investors, researchers and policymakers, the Longevity Leaders World Congress will start tomorrow and continue through Friday. It will focus on...