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Sam Sharifi on Fixing Our DNA
Among the hallmarks of aging, DNA damage is both one of the most important and one of the hardest to crack. A couple of […]
Joe Betts-Lacroix on Retro Bio and Its Recent AI Advancement
Retro Biosciences, one of the hottest startups in the longevity field, was founded about five years ago by the tech entrepreneur Joe Betts-Lacroix with a $180 million investment from his friend Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI. Despite […]
Cell Cycle Stage Impacts the Efficacy of Senotherapeutics
A recent study reported that the effectiveness of the senotherapeutic drug ABT-263 depends on the cell’s DNA content, which is based on the cell cycle phase at which the senescent cell was arrested […]
Rejuvenation Roundup September 2025
Last month was full of news on both rejuvenation advocacy and rejuvenation advancements, including our new Public Longevity Group initiative along […]
Faulty Mitochondrial DNA Copying Might Cause Inflammaging
Scientists have discovered a possible mechanism behind age-related inflammation. It involves wrong building blocks being incorporated into mitochondrial DNA during replication and can be countered by adding the correct ones [1]. Too similar to bacteria Mitochondria, the cells’ […]
A Combination Greatly Extends Lifespan in Male Mice
The Conboy lab in Berkeley has discovered a treatment combination that greatly extends lifespan in old male mice and published its findings in Aging. A combination with systemic effects The researchers begin this paper with a discussion […]
New Universal Therapy Effective in Multiple Tumor Types
Scientists have reported a breakthrough in treating solid tumor cancers using a Velcro-like tool that targets glycans, surface sugars especially abundant in cancer cells. This potentially off-the-shelf therapy does not need adjustment to individual cancer types or patients. No […]
A Potential Reason Why Clotting Increases With Age
In Aging Cell, researchers have described a method by which platelet-forming cells are rapidly generated from hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), bypassing the intermediate cell types that are normally used […]
Personalized Medicine Approach to Senolytics Clinical Trials
Recent commentary in Nature Aging summarized the results of clinical trials for senolytics and discussed recommendations for future clinical trials that use personalized medicine approaches [1]. From basic science to clinical […]
Exercise Suppresses Appetite via a Brain Pathway
Scientists have discovered a pathway behind the known effect of exercise suppressing appetite: a lactate-related metabolite that acts directly on certain neurons. Not just more calories burned It has been long known that, somewhat counterintuitively, […]
AI Model Accurately Predicts Multiple Disease Risks
European scientists have created a GPT-based model that can predict the risk of more than a thousand diseases on par with single-disease tools and […]
Lipid Metabolism Is Causal in Some Alzheimer’s Cases
In Aging Cell, researchers have outlined the relationship between Alzheimer’s, increased pain sensitivity, and the enzyme LPCAT2. Pain is among the earliest signs The key characteristics of Alzheimer’s disease, such as cognitive decline and brain deterioration, are very […]
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