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March 30, 2022

Life Extension and Anti-Aging Have a Branding Problem

It seems bizarre that in 2022, some biotech companies interested in doing something about aging are still saying that they are not. Cellular rejuvenation seems to be the latest buzzword and an attempt to rebrand and escape the stigma of anti-aging. Genentech is another cellular rejuvenation company Recently, researchers at the Salk Institute, in collaboration...

Diagnosing Alzheimer’s in the Near Infrared
In Nature Biomedical Engineering, a team of researchers has published an innovative method of making tau tangles and amyloid beta visible in the near infrared, allowing doctors and researchers to […]
Is Increasing Human Lifespan Unnatural?
Whenever the topic of any possible increased healthy longevity through science is discussed, a common objection to developing the technology is that it is unnatural. This argument usually arises […]
Senolytic Improves Metabolism in Mice
Scientists have shown that a popular senolytic combination of dasatinib and quercetin improves glucose tolerance and fasting blood glucose levels in aged mice [1]. The question of metabolism Cellular senescence is one of the hallmarks of aging, and […]

Red Blood Cells as Biomarkers of Aging
The advent of artificial intelligence and its application to the study of aging and longevity took a giant leap forward in 2013 with the development of tools for measuring biological age. Public access to these tools opened a […]
The Relationship Between ApoE and Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s disease is the most typical form of dementia. It is a progressive disease that begins with mild memory loss, leads to profound cognitive deficits, and ends with death. 10% to 14% of […]
Bio.xyz: a DAO for Building Other Biotech DAOs
It’s only been a couple of months since Molecule announced the formation of its latest DAO project, bio.xyz, to the world. […]

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