Tag: Advocacy

How long can people live? This is not just a foundational question in science. The answer has important public policy implications and is of interest to us all. Recent scientific evidence has revealed the answer, so what’s next in humanity’s never-ending battle against disease and the persistent ravages of aging? Larger increases in lifespan not...

The nights are the longest of the year, the holidays are drawing near, and we are back with a festive edition of the Lifespan.io editorial. This time, we bring you some of this year's highlights and talk about what the future holds for our content. Lifespan.io and SENS Research Foundation merge Regulars will recall that...

The longevity advocacy and lobbying group has submitted detailed feedback to the congressional proposal to replace NIA with the National Institute on Dementia – and now you can sign the petition. No, dementia doesn’t equal aging Back in June, the longevity community was rattled by the news that representative Cathy McMorris-Rogers (R-WA), Chair of the...

Anxious about being late and distrustful of LA’s afternoon traffic, I got to my destination quite a few minutes early and found myself in a quiet middle-class neighborhood. The house I was looking for did stand out from the rest but rather modestly so. A week earlier, at a longevity-related event in the Bay Area,...

The Longevity Biotech Fellowship is one of the most interesting longevity-related initiatives in the last couple of years. Co-founded by Mark Hamalainen and Nathan Cheng, both well-known figures in the longevity field, LBF has been everywhere: presenting at conferences, participating in co-living projects such as Zuzalu and Vitalia, and generally connecting longevity people. The nonprofit's...

For our readers in the Northern Hemisphere, the summer has begun! The weather isn't the only thing heating up, as we have been busy advocating for research on aging! Lifespan.io at the Rejuvenation Startup Summit The Lifespan.io team was recently at the Rejuvenation Startup Summit in Berlin hosted by the Forever Healthy Foundation. This is...