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Tag: Brian Kennedy

Animal husbandry
A team of researchers, including Matt Kaeberlein and Brian Kennedy, has published a preprint discussing the necessity of using long-lived animals in life extension research. The Interventions Testing Program (ITP) uncovers weaknesses The ITP is run by the National Institutes of Aging and described by these researchers as being rigorous and a gold standard. Its...
Brian Kennedy
Dr. Brian Kennedy is a longevity heavyweight: a former President of the Buck Institute, currently a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Physiology at the National University of Singapore, a co-editor of Aging Cell, and one of the researchers behind a recent study of alpha-ketoglutarate that resulted in winding back chronological age in...
AKG may be a useful supplement for slowing down aging.
Alpha-ketoglutarate (AKG) has long been a popular sports supplement and is often used in the bodybuilding world, but interest in this molecule has now reached the aging research field due to its central role in metabolism. What is alpha-ketoglutarate? AKG is a naturally occurring endogenous intermediary metabolite and part of the Krebs cycle, which means...
Early Bird EARD2020
There has been a lot happening with the Ending Age-Related Diseases 2020 conference, so today is ideal for sharing some of the exciting things that we have planned. Catch the early bird! First things first: Time is running out to get an Early Bird discount for what will be the biggest online aging research conference...
Brian Kennedy Interview
If humans ever reach an average lifespan of well over 100 years, what is going to happen? Are we going to be bored with such long lives? "Well," says Prof. Brian Kennedy of the National University of Singapore, "If you ask me: 'Do I want to have cancer at 75? Do I want have Alzheimer’s...
The Undoing Aging conference, a collaboration between the SENS Research Foundation and Michael Greve’s Forever Healthy Foundation, took place on March 15-17 in Berlin, which saw many researchers, advocates, investors, and other important members of the longevity community gather together to learn about the latest progress in rejuvenation biotechnology. LEAF arranged a travel grant for...