March 23, 2023
The Journal Club returns on Tuesday 28th March at 12:00 PM Eastern time to the Lifespan.io Facebook channel. This month Dr. Oliver Medvedik will be exploring a recent study which looked at the effects of prolonged fasting on human macrophages and how metabolites from that fasting increased median lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans. Abstract Periodic prolonged...
February 21, 2023
The Journal Club, hosted by Dr. Oliver Medvedik, returns to the Lifespan.io Facebook page at 12:00 on Tuesday, February 28th. This month, we are covering a recent paper that showed a method of restoring youthful collagen production in aged skin [1]. If you would like some background, check out our article 'New Way to Help...
August 26, 2022
The Journal Club returns to our Facebook page on Tuesday 30th August at 12:00 Eastern with your host, Dr. Oliver Medvedik. This month, we investigate a paper, Old plasma dilution reduces human biological age: a clinical study, in which Irina Conboy and her team investigated the effects of therapeutic plasma exchange on aging in people....
July 20, 2022
Journal Club, hosted by Dr. Oliver Medvedik, will return on July 26, 2022 12:00 PM Eastern Time. This month, we are going to be taking a look at a recent paper where researchers showed that old human skin rejuvenated when implanted in young mice [1]. The study helps to pave the way for therapies that...
April 20, 2022
Journal Club returns on Tuesday, April 26th at noon Eastern time on our Facebook page. Dr. Oliver Medvedik will be taking a look at the recent paper 'The hyperfunction theory: an emerging paradigm for the biology of aging'. This episode sees us taking a dive into the world of aging theory and a look at...
March 16, 2022
On Tuesday, March 29th, the Journal Club will be livestreamed to our Facebook page at 12:00 Eastern. Dr. Oliver Medvedik will be taking a look at a new paper showing that partial cellular reprogramming to reverse cellular aging is possible in normally aged mice. Previous studies demonstrated that the approach was possible in mice engineered...