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GenBio Launches a “Virtual Cell” AI Model
This AI startup, which lists Nobel laureate David Baker among its co-founders, has announced a “world model” of a cell that can simulate both its natural state and responses to […]
How Senescence Spreads Between Brain Cells
Researchers have gone into deep detail regarding how each of five senescent brain cell types expresses and receives factors that encourage other cells to become senescent. The contagion of age This […]
A Million-Person Study Finds a Protective Metabolic Gene
A massive human genetics study identified rare folliculin-interacting protein 1 (FNIP1) mutations associated with favorable metabolism and much lower cardiometabolic disease risk. Experiments in human […]
A Drug Combination Fights Both Senescence and Cancer
In Aging, the Conboys and their team have described how a combination treatment kills both senescent and cancer cells and lengthens the lives of old […]
The Thymus Hormone Thymulin Reduces Inflammaging in Mice
A recent study identified the thymus hormone thymulin as a molecule with the potential to reduce inflammation in an age-dependent manner. Treating cancer-bearing mice with this molecule made other cancer treatments more effective [1]. The aging immune system Aging […]
Why Affecting Aging in Complex Organisms Is So Hard
A new study proposes a theoretical framework that explains why the more complex an animal is, the harder it is to move the […]
A New Target Against High Blood Pressure
Researchers have discovered why the protein AGGF1 has significant effects on blood pressure and published their findings in Aging Cell. Blood pressure is a condition of its own The authors begin their paper by discussing […]
Wei-Wu He: People Should Become the CEOs of Their Own Health
Human Longevity Inc., a company founded in 2013 by a trio of visionaries – Craig Venter, Peter Diamandis, and Robert Hariri – initially inspired high hopes. Several years and several hundred million dollars later, however, the company entered […]
A New Transcriptomic Clock for Intervention Analysis
A team of researchers has developed Pasta, a transcriptomic clock that accurately predicts the age-related effects of various compounds and gene expressions. Epigenetics versus transcriptomics The authors begin by discussing the strengths and limitations of […]
Why Democratizing Rejuvenation Is an Economic Imperative
Worldwide healthcare faces an unsustainable situation. We spend trillions managing the late-stage effects of biological aging, yet routinely overlook the underlying causes that drive them. Driven by an aging society, the financial burdens of treating diabetes, dementia, and heart […]
Valine Restriction Increases Male Mouse Lifespan by 23%
A new study has found that restricting dietary valine extends both median and maximum lifespan in male mice while improving […]
Rejuvenation Roundup July 2026
The fight for longevity treatments that measurably improve and lengthen quality of life is ongoing in research, treatment, and policy, with promising successes and a horrifying failure. Here’s what’s happened in July. Interviews Gabriel Cian on Building the 2060 Longevity […]
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