October 18, 2021
A study published in the Nature journal Aging and Mechanisms of Disease has shown that supplementation with nicotinamide riboside (NR) substantially improves the immune systems of older mice due to its effects on stem cell fate. However, the benefits do not persist after NR is removed. The destiny of blood cells As the researchers explain,...
October 15, 2021
Recently, the Astera Institute has announced that it will be collaborating with the Buck Institute on its Rejuvenome project. The project is a focused research organization (FRO), a new model of organization that is laser-focused on a specific scientific challenge that cannot be solved by existing academic, industrial, or governmental organizations. Nicholas Schaum, former Stanford...
October 15, 2021
Scientists have demonstrated that “the Alzheimer’s allele” APOE e4 helps cognition earlier in life prior to the onset of the disease [1]. This might point at a possible reason for some aspects of aging. What makes us stronger kills us later The risk of developing Alzheimer's, one of the deadliest age-related diseases, is considerably elevated...
October 14, 2021
We continue discussing cellular reprogramming on Science to Save the World, our general science show. In Part 2, we discuss a mouse experiment that used the OSKM reprogramming factors. Script Could we "reprogram" old cells to make them young again inside living animals? In part 1, we covered the origins of using four genes referred...
October 14, 2021
On this hopeful episode of Lifespan News, Ryan O'Shea discusses the odds of any individual living to 130, even in the absence of rejuvenation biotechnology. Script Could humans live forever? It’s theoretically possible, according to a new study published in the Royal Society Open Science journal. Debate has raged in the scientific community about whether...
October 14, 2021
A study published in Cell Reports shows how the thymus is stimulated to repair itself when dying thymocytes are depleted, paving the way towards novel methods of thymic regeneration. Cycles of involution, not a steady decline The researchers cite previous research showing that the thymus, despite being extremely sensitive to insults such as radiation and...
