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May 8, 2019
Anti-Aging Gene Therapy for Dogs Coming This Fall
Posted by Steve Hill in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, life extension
In an article last May, we covered how Rejuvenate Bio, a startup biotech company led by Professor George Church, was planning to reverse aging in dogs as a step towards bringing these therapies to us. Those plans are now starting to move forward with news of a trial launch in the fall later this year.
Developing anti-aging therapies in dogs is the first step
Back in 2015, the Church lab at Harvard began testing a variety of therapies focused on age reversal using CRISPR, a gene editing system that was much easier and faster to use than older techniques. Since then, Professor Church and his lab have conducted a myriad of experiments and gathered lots of data with which to plan future strategies for tackling aging.
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May 8, 2019
Digital immortality: How your life’s data means a version of you could live forever
Posted by Marco Monfils in category: life extension
Announces the publication of a new 315-page open-access report: “National Longevity Development Plans: Global Overview 2019 (First Edition)”.
It offers comprehensive profiles of relevant initiatives in the UK, the Netherlands, Singapore, South Korea, Israel, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Japan, the USA, Spain, the European Union and China, and utilizes sophisticated analytical metrics to compare the overall strength, focus, proactivity and relevance of their Longevity-related projects, initiatives and development plans.
Link to the Report: https://www.aginganalytics.com/longevity-development-plans
May 7, 2019
Space experiment looks to slow the aging process using nanoparticles
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: life extension, nanotechnology, space travel
The latest SpaceX Dragon cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) included an experiment that could help to combat the ravages of time here on Earth. The European experiment will test how ceramic nanoparticles interact with cells to act as an anti-aging supplement that not only holds promise for alleviating the effects of growing old, but also for combatting chronic illness and space-related stresses for astronauts on prolonged space missions.
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May 6, 2019
A pill to turn back time
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
AM I Wrong for wondering about Metformin and its true benefits against the Senesonic-Sensonic pandemic Plague mankind has called aging??? Metformin has been in use truly since the 1920’s and we have not found today an elderly person who is living 125 or 150 years who states they merely took metformin for diabetes??? Now Met has proven itself as a resistant against diabetes due to preventing the liver from making to much glucose that then enters the body. But is it a Longevity drug for mankind is the burning question??? You be the Judge… {I found this link on Antonei Benjamin Csoka group page on the book of faces} Respect r.p.berry & AEWR wherein we have found the causes and a cure for the Pandemic plague mankind has called aging… https://we search for partners and investors to join us in agings end…
Does it make sense to treat ageing as a disease?
May 6, 2019
Bone Marrow Transplants Increase Healthy Lifespan in Mice
Posted by Steve Hill in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
Stem cell transplants have been of great interest to aging researchers, and, in a new study, they have successfully increased mouse lifespan by using stem cell therapy. While this has been previously achieved, this experiment was more refined than older studies and sheds new light on the potential of tissue regeneration through stem cells.
The significant extension of maximum lifespan could be considered an indication that any intervention is targeting a core hallmark of aging or, in the case of small increases of lifespan, at least indirectly influencing it.
Through bone marrow transplants, the researchers have significantly increased the lifespans of mice and believe that they are directly targeting an aging process directly [1]. Given that stem cell exhaustion is a hallmark of aging, they are likely correct.
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May 6, 2019
Podcast Special Edition: X Prize Future of Longevity Impact Roadmap
Posted by Mark Sackler in categories: life extension, Peter Diamandis
An experience to remember…
“The challenge is that the day before something is truly a breakthrough, it’s a crazy idea. And crazy ideas are very risky to attempt”–Peter Diamandis.
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May 5, 2019
The science of why we can’t live forever
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: life extension, science
What’s the ultimate reason we die? In this video, science writer Michael Shermer discusses the universal laws that preside over why stars fade out — and we do, too.
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May 5, 2019
The Bitcoiners Who Want to Defeat Death
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: biotech/medical, bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, life extension
As he sits stroking his Rip Van Winkle-worthy beard, it’s easy to see how de Grey’s achieved this “kind of a spiritual leader-status,” as he calls it. He dives easily into intricate explanations of two research projects unfolding in the lab down the hall, eagerly describing how one studies mitochondrial mutations, which are thought to cause an increase in oxidative stress. The other looks at atherosclerosis, the narrowing and hardening of artery walls. If we understood more about this buildup, the logic goes, we could better clean it up before too much damage is done.
Though he attends lab meetings and oversees the SENS’s research, his primary task is convincing the general public that death is, in fact, bad and that we should be doing everything we can to stop it. This focus on messaging suits him just fine. “I’m not in this to do science for the sake of doing science,” he says. “I’m in it for the ultimate goal.” He does a “ridiculous” amount of media, he says, and gives around 50 talks a year, from Vietnam to the Czech Republic.
Back in April, at a San Francisco blockchain conference called Block 2 the Future, de Grey began his talk with a disclaimer: “I probably ought to start by emphasizing that I don’t know fuck-all about cryptocurrencies. I am really only here because I have apparently quite a significant fan base in this community, and I am delighted that I do.”
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