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On this episode of Lifespan News, Ryan O'Shea talks about how an injection allows paralyzed mice to walk again after spinal cord injury. Script A new study has used a single injection to enable paralyzed mice to walk again, and it’s getting some attention, including from some people you wouldn’t necessarily expect, like Joe Rogan....

One concern that people have about increasing healthy human longevity is that society would become stagnant and innovation would cease as a result of people living too long. However, stagnation probably won't happen as a result of increased longevity. Increasing human longevity vs the status quo Steve Jobs once said that death is life’s single...

May has brought us a lot of interesting advances in the world of rejuvenation, and we at Lifespan.io have moved forward with projects of our own, including our upcoming Ending Age-Related Diseases 2020 conference, an accelerated Journal Club schedule with more speakers, a roundtable discussion, and our new general science series focused on the potential...

A group of scientists from China has successfully created an effective senolytic prodrug that targets the enzyme β-galactosidase [1]. This prodrug, called SSK1, has demonstrated impressive results across various cell types and advantages over some existing senolytics. Cellular senescence is a phenomenon in which cells stop dividing and supporting the tissues of which they are...

As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on throughout the world, so does aging - and the two of them are heavily connected. Fortunately, research into dealing with both continues apace. Here's what happened in the world of rejuvenation biotechnology in April. LEAF News Ending Age-Related Diseases 2020 is Going Online to #FlattenTheCurve and Aging! Due to...

RAADFest, which is held every year in San Diego, California, is one of a growing number of conferences focused on longevity and how to slow or reverse the processes of aging. This was the third RAADFest, and it was, as in years past, an interesting mix of science conference and almost-religious rally and party. The...