The latest on Methuselah, health span research, and regenerative medicine
The new Food, Nutrition and Health Investor Coalition, comprised of venture firms, private investors and others, is betting that science can turbocharge the power of food to f...
Read MoreNorthwestern scientists found the master gene switch that programs the ear hair cells is TBX2. When it is expressed, the cell becomes an inner hair cell. When blocked, the cel...
Read MoreResearchers found that the men and women who maintained or increased their physical fitness had overall better brain health. Their findings suggest that either approach to ex...
Read MoreWe often hear talk of slowing down our epigenetic, (or aging) clock… but what exactly does that entail? And how can we go about executing this feat? A paper published in 2017 ...
Read MoreOur PubMed screening during February 2020 had several especially noteworthy papers to choose from to highlight in our blog. Ultimately however, we decided to focus on this rep...
Read MoreThis past week the MIT Technology Review published their 10 Breakthrough Technologies for 2020, and we were excited to see a company we’ve invested in, Oisín Biotechnologies, ...
Read MoreWith confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the US, Europe and abroad, a growing number of people are rightly concerned what the odds of them contracting the virus is, how it can be a...
Read MoreAccording to the World Health Organization, more people are now dying from being overweight than underweight. And while obesity has long been known to cause premature death, r...
Read MoreAs we age, it’s even more vital for our bodies to absorb nutrients, however nutrient malabsorption increases in the elderly, often leading to anemia and other illnesses. A rec...
Read MoreThe annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference is one of the largest healthcare investment symposiums in the industry, bringing together industry leaders, emerging fast-growth c...
Read MoreA remarkable report was published on July 11, 2018 which some readers may have heard about. There are not many interventions known to improve physical function and extend rema...
Read MoreAging is the principal risk factor in many chronic diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular, and metabolic & neurological diseases. There is therefore great interest in the dev...
Read MorePatients, researchers, pharmaceutical companies, clinicians, amongst others, all rely on the release of clinical trial results. Despite this, a report published by The Lancet ...
Read MoreWhat do you see when you look in the mirror? Do you see more wrinkles than yesterday? Can you tell if your hairline has receded slightly? Isn’t it impossible to perceive these...
Read MoreAs human life expectancy increases, it’s become clear we can’t just focus on simply extending the human lifespan, but rather extending our healthy lifespan (a concept now comm...
Read MoreCancer, Alzheimers, Cardiovascular diseases… as a scientific community it feels as though we’re always playing catch up. How many more people could be saved, how much more cou...
Read MoreBeing careful about what we put into our bodies is vital to maintaining our health, and potentially prolonging our healthy lifespan. Some centenarians have even been found to ...
Read MoreMillions of people can be classified as having sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). Despite its prevalence however, its affect on aging hasn’t been well studied until recently. A...
Read MoreA recent study by the Mayo Clinic including more than 2,000 people, found that exercise can have an effect on grey matter and total brain volume. Both of which are involved in...
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