June 30, 2023
Welcome to Lifespan News. I'm Emmett Short. We've got something special to talk about today. Our parent entity, Lifespan.io, has partnered with Chris Hemsworth's health and longevity platform Centr. So, we've reported on Chris' health and longevity interest before with his Disney+ series Limitless, where he goes to extremes to understand what our bodies can...
June 30, 2023
Scientists publishing in Nature Metabolism have determined that in obese people, healthy diet and exercise bring stronger metabolic benefits than diet alone [1]. Better together There are two major interventions at hand for weight loss without resorting to medications: diet and exercise. However, recent research suggests that they are not interchangeable. Forgoing either one can...
June 29, 2023
A study recently published in Aging Cell has discovered an entirely new method of looking at methylation and experimented with multiple ways of analyzing it. Not just a clock Why we Age: Epigenetic AlterationsEpigenetic alterations are age-related changes in gene expression that harm the fundamental functions of cells and increase the risk of cancer and...
June 29, 2023
One of the most common diseases in the world is herpes, as 50 to 80% of Americans have this illness. The herpes simplex virus, which causes cold sores, is normally transmitted through person-to-person contact. This illness leaves the patient with blisters clustered around the mouth. Gradually, the blisters pop and leave sores that take...
June 28, 2023
Summer is here, but we haven't been relaxing around the pool. Instead, we've been busy working on the fight to defeat age-related diseases! This last few months has been a very busy time for us here at Lifespan.io. We have been focused on our upcoming Ending Age-Related Diseases 2023 conference and making sure its sixth...
June 28, 2023
In a new study published in Aging Cell [1], researchers report that transient activation of the Yamanaka factor Oct4 allowed partial reprogramming of cells, which led to rejuvenation in these cells and in a mouse model of premature aging. Yamanaka Factors - Opportunities for RejuvenationDrs. Takahashi and Yamanaka showed that they could use Oct4, Sox2, Klf4,...