June 29, 2020
Researchers have published a new study suggesting that some of the inflammatory signals secreted by senescent cells could be used as a biomarker to measure aging and health. What are senescent cells? As you age, increasing numbers of your cells enter into a state known as senescence. Senescent cells do not divide or support the...
June 04, 2020
In this interview with Mustreader, Elena Milova, Board Member of Lifespan.io, discusses the ins and outs of rejuvenation research, including the activities of rejuvenation biotechnology companies, the use of biomarkers, fundraising, various concerns related to longevity such as overpopulation, and what we do here at Lifespan.io.
May 05, 2020
In this Journal Club, Dr. Michael Lustgarten from the Nutrition, Exercise Physiology, and Sarcopenia (NEPS) Laboratory at the HNRCA discusses the nine biomarkers of Levine's Phenotypical Age Calculator, how they relate to mortality, and what he recommends doing in order to optimize them for long-lasting youth. If you would like to check out the slides...
April 17, 2020
A new study reviews the state of the art of aging biomarkers and explores the future development of even better ways of measuring biological age. The need for better aging biomarkers Human life expectancy has been increasing throughout the 20th and 21st centuries due to improvements such as better access to healthcare and sanitation, lower...
February 25, 2020
Recently, researcher Dr. Alexey Moskalev has published a mini review that takes a look at aging biomarkers and how some of them compare with each other [1]. A major challenge in developing therapies that target the aging processes in order to prevent or reverse age-related diseases is having accurate ways to determine if a therapeutic...
February 11, 2020
At the recent Longevity Therapeutics Conference in San Francisco, we had the chance to interview Lewis Gruber of SIWA Therapeutics and discuss his company's senotherapeutic approach to cancer and senescent cells. He was accompanied by his wife, Misty, who is the CFO of SIWA. Many of our readers are familiar with CAR-T immunotherapy, which has...
