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Hi there, I am Steve Hill, Editor-in-Chief of Lifespan.io News, which offers the latest information on rejuvenation biotechnology and life extension technologies. We are a passionate team of journalists and scientists who work hard to bring you aging research news from this fascinating field of science.
To help keep you informed, we have created three main channels where you can get your news. The daily news brings you the latest research, investment, and policy news, which is great if you like to keep up to date with everything happening in this rapidly changing field on a daily basis.
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Underdog Pharmaceuticals Concludes $10M Financing RoundThe investment company Kizoo has announced that one of the companies in its portfolio, Underdog Pharmaceuticals, has received $10 million in funding from a Series Seed II round. Mike Kope, who is ...
Getting Proteins Right to Live LongerChanging a single amino acid in a single protein boosts the fidelity of protein synthesis, and that is enough to increase lifespan in a variety of organisms, according to new research [1]. ...- Dr. Morgan Levine on Building a Better Epigenetic ClockIn her lab at Yale, Dr. Morgan Levine tackles some of the most exciting and difficult problems in geroscience. She specializes in bioinformatics and is working on creating and finessing clocks that ...
- Senolytics Alleviate Spinal Disc Degeneration in MiceA group of researchers has found that early long-term treatment of mice with the popular senolytic duo dasatinib and quercetin alleviates symptoms of intervertebral disc degeneration, a major ...
- Aubrey de Grey on Rejuvenation Policy at EARD2021At our fourth annual Ending Age-Related Diseases conference, Dr. Aubrey de Grey discusses the transition of rejuvenation biotechnology from proof-of-concept to companies engaging in clinical trials, ...
- Epigenomic Rejuvenation for Restoring Bone Stem CellsResearchers have shown that age-related loss of bone maintenance is caused by changes in gene expression [1]. Perhaps most importantly, those changes can also be reversed and the bone marrow stem ...
- Understanding How We Evolved to AgeIn a paper in Frontiers in Genetics, Maël Lemoine of France’s CNRS offers an evolutionary perspective on the hallmarks of aging [1]. This review examines the appearance of the hallmarks in different ...
- Steve Horvath on Pan-Mammalian Epigenetic Clocks at EARD2021In his talk at Ending Age-Related Diseases 2021, Steve Horvath discussed a cytosine-based, pan-mammalian epigenetic clock that works across a wide variety of species. He also discussed how several of ...
- MoveAge: A New Movement-Based Biological Aging ClockResearchers have developed a biological aging clock based on movement data from wearable devices. Using their clock and the same dataset, they identified a few possibly life-prolonging nutrients and ...
- Lifespan News – Impetus Grants for LongevityWe’re happy to report on this episode of Lifespan News that roughly $26 million will be given in grants to people working on age-related research. Script Around $26 million in grant funding has ...
- Key Source of Thymic Aging DiscoveredPublishing in Nature Communications’ Cell Death Discovery, a team of Chinese researchers has discovered a reason for thymic involution, the age-related decline of the thymus. The thymus and its ...
- Underdog Pharmaceuticals Receives Accelerated DesignationUnderdog Pharmaceuticals has just issued a press release announcing that UDP-003, a compound being studied for its effectiveness against oxidized cholesterol, has been given an Innovation Passport ...
- BioNTech mRNA Cancer Treatment Enters Human TrialsThe current pandemic has brought mRNA vaccines into the spotlight and have likely sped up the widespread adoption and usage of this technology. Now, a company has its sights set on treating cancer ...
- Boosting NANOG to Revitalize Muscle Cell ProgenitorsBoosting the expression of the transcription factor NANOG reduces markers of cellular senescence in cultured muscle cells and in live mouse models, according to new research [1]. This holds out the ...
- Microbiota from Young Mice Improves the Brains of Old MiceAfter taking a break due to the Ending Age-Related Diseases Conference, the Journal Club is back. For September, Dr. Oliver Medvedik will be taking a look at a recent paper focused on the gut ...
- Lifespan News – Altos LabsThis episode of Lifespan News is about Altos Labs, a new billionare-financed company that is pledged to focus on aging. Script There’s a new company focused on solving aging! Investors are reported ...
- MTOR Inhibition Leads to 30% Life Extension in Progeric MiceResearchers have created a new mouse model for studying Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) and achieved 30% lifespan extension in these animals by genetically downregulating mTOR [1]. HGPS: ...
- Terry Grossman on His Longevity Clinic at EARD2021In this interview at our fourth annual Ending Age-Related Diseases conference, Elena Milova and Terry Grossman discuss his longevity clinic and how current medicine deals with the problems of aging. ...
- Fecal Transplantation for Alzheimer’s DiseaseA recent review published in Cureus shows why fecal microbial transplantation (FMT) might be able to help sufferers of Alzheimer’s disease, showing how tightly the gut and brain are ...
- Altos Labs Launches with a Focus on Cellular ReprogrammingA new company focused on aging has launched, and it has the backing of Yuri Milner and Jeff Bezos among other wealthy people interested in tackling aging. Altos Labs is founded to treat aging itself ...
