June 14, 2023
We had the chance to interview Lisa Fabiny-Kiser, CEO of the well-known SENS Research Foundation, on all the various research, education, and advocacy activities that the organization is currently doing along with its plans for the future. Public opinion and the academic landscape have changed considerably since it was founded nearly 15 years ago. Would...
December 20, 2022
The Longevity Summit at the Buck Institute, a relatively short two-day geroscience and longevity biotech conference held on December 6-7, was nevertheless densely packed with new research – to the point where we can only cover some of the talks here. The conference was organized by Longevity SF, a nonprofit organization founded by Christin Glorioso,...
November 04, 2022
Lou Hawthorne is the founder and CEO of NaNotics, a biotech company that creates nanoparticles that can soak up harmful molecules in circulation. This paradigm-shifting technology can be used to fight cancer as well as various inflammatory disorders, such as sepsis, which kills more people than cancer does. Other potential targets, familiar to everyone in...
September 27, 2022
It was all about collaboration: maybe not a lot of shiny new discoveries and unpublished data, but Longevity Summit Dublin 2022 brought together researchers, investors, and advocates to forge a common vision. More attention is being brought to the last category, as evidenced by our own executive director, Stephanie Dainow, receiving the Rising Star 2022...
August 04, 2022
Ryan O'Shea discusses the Longevity Summer Camp, a four-day retreat featuring people from many longevity-related walks of life, on this episode of Lifespan News. Script Recently, somewhere between the former gold mining town of Nevada City and the infamous Donner Pass, a unique gathering took place. Leading longevity experts and company builders convened with promising...
November 08, 2021
In his talk at Ending Age-Related Diseases 2021, Nathan Cheng of On Deck outlined the history of the longevity industry and offered ways of moving forward. Script Today, I'll be giving a talk about longevity startups, past, present and future. Oliver already introduced me, but I'll quickly go over some of the projects and companies...
September 03, 2021
The Program Director of the On Deck Longevity Biotech Fellowship gives us some examples of leaders and founders working on aging that came from "non-traditional" backgrounds. The myth that you need a biology degree to work in the longevity industry Many people are interested in getting involved in longevity but hesitate because they think a...
June 01, 2021
Another month passes, and more progress is made! As we kick off the beginning of summer, we have plenty of news to report regarding our upcoming conference and current campaign along with business news and the latest in rejuvenation research. LEAF News Summer is approaching, and we are happy to announce the fourth Ending Age-Related...
May 27, 2021
Today, Oisín Biotechnologies, a well-known developer of senolytics, drugs that destroy harmful senescent cells, has announced that it has more than doubled its total funding through an oversubscribed round. This has taken its total funding from $4.5 million to $9.5 million. Why we Age: Cellular SenescenceAs your body ages, more of your cells become senescent....
May 11, 2021
This week on Lifespan News, Brent Nally discusses the use of rapamycin to treat hearing loss in a mouse model, vibration to reduce senescent cell burden in rats, a drug that has shown scar-free healing in a mouse model, the scent of food affecting caloric restriction in nematodes, and Kizoo Technology's €300 million investment in...
March 23, 2019
You can download a copy of the event abstracts booklet here should you wish to do so. Day 1, Thursday, July 11th 8:00 - 9:00 Registration, Networking 9:00 - 9:10 Welcome talk by LEAF President Keith Comito 9:10 - 9:15 Welcome from Maurice Kanbar Center for Biomedical Engineering Director Oliver Medvedik 9:15 - 9:45 Opening...
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May 06, 2021
With a long history of funding successful tech startups in Germany, Kizoo Technology Ventures provides mentoring, seed funding, and early-stage financing to rejuvenation biotechnology companies. It is part of the Forever Healthy Group, the organization that sponsors the annual Undoing Aging conference, and its portfolio consists of companies that are developing interventions against multiple aspects...
April 29, 2020
Methuselah Foundation, an organization with the motto of "Making 90 the new 50 by 2030", was started by Dr. Aubrey de Grey in 2001. It incubates and sponsors mission-relevant ventures, funds research, and supports projects and prizes to accelerate breakthroughs in longevity. This organization has six different primary approaches towards the problems of aging. Methuselah...
December 05, 2019
Oisin Biotechnologies are developing a plasmid-based approach to destroying senescent and cancer cells. This approach may allow for higher selectivity when compared to drug approaches and could reduce side effects too.
