Longevity Biotechnology Association

November 29, 2021

Lifespan News – Longevity Biotechnology Association

On this episode of Lifespan News, Ryan O'Shea talks about the Longevity Biotech Association and how it plans to improve the future of rejuvenation biotechnology. Script Some big names from academia, industry, and investment have joined forces to create the Longevity Biotechnology Association, a non-profit organization with the goal of extending healthspan and ending age-related...

November 22, 2021

The Longevity Biotechnology Association: A United Voice

The launch of the Longevity Biotechnology Association (LBA), announced on November 17th in London, looks like a tectonic shift for the longevity field. We have asked some of the founders about the rationale behind this unprecedented initiative and how it can change geroscience. A triple association "A scientist, a CEO, and an investor walk into...

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Polyphenols Help Reduce Visceral Fat
Pitching two variants of the Mediterranean diet against each other in a randomized controlled trial, scientists have found that the plant-oriented one, which contained more polyphenols, was more effective for weight loss [1]. Beyond the […]
De-Aging Movie Stars Won’t Solve Aging
In the fifth installment of the popular Indiana Jones franchise, Harrison Ford will reportedly be “de-aged” by means of computer graphics, presumably to […]

Blood Glucose Is a Biomarker of Aging
Glucose is the second most influential biomarker on the rate of aging, according to Aging.ai’s age prediction platform. Glucose control is vital to human health, and uncontrolled high glucose results in diabetes. In the United States, […]
Low Glycemic Index Diets
The glycemic index was developed in 1980 by a group of researchers at the Food and Nutrition Science Department at the University of Toronto [1]. It […]
Vitamin K2 Affects Bone, Arteries, Immunity, and the Gut
Vitamin K is not a single vitamin but a family of fat-soluble vitamins with a common core structure [1]. Members of this family can be divided into two groups: phylloquinone (Vitamin K1) […]

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The Longevity Biotechnology Association: A United Voice

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