October 16, 2019
It was a pleasure speaking to Dr. Ronald Kohanski at the 2019 Ending Age-Related Diseases conference. Dr. Kohanski joined the field of aging research in 2005 as a Program Officer for the Division of Aging Biology at the National Institute on Aging. He moved on to become its Deputy Director in 2007 and has held...
October 11, 2019
A team of researchers, including Dr. David Sinclair, has recently made a new study available as a preprint prior to peer review and publication in the journal Cell. DNA damage and the double-strand break Two of the primary hallmarks of aging are genomic instability, which consists of damage to our DNA, and epigenetic alterations, which...
October 09, 2019
GenSight Biologics has recently released data showing the effectiveness of GS010, the company's gene therapy for Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON), a mitochondrial disease that can lead to blindness. Like in previous studies, this therapy had a bilateral effect. Gene Therapy In LHON, the mitochondrial protein ND4 is poorly expressed through mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). GS010...
October 04, 2019
At the Ending Age-Related Diseases 2019 Conference in New York City, we had the opportunity to interview Dr. Justin Rebo from the drug discovery biotech company BioAge. BioAge is developing a drug discovery platform that uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to discover targets that have the potential to promote healthy lifespan (healthspan) by slowing...
October 01, 2019
With a new month ahead and an old one behind, it's again time to review the latest news and progress in the field of rejuvenation biotechnology. There's a number of past events to look back upon, including Age-Related Diseases 2019, and upcoming ones to look forward to; let's get started. LEAF News Team and activities...
