by Bioengineer.org - Periodontitis is one of the most common chronic diseases on the planet, and its signature damage is deceptively quiet: the gradual destruction of the bone and soft tissues that anchor teeth in the jaw. Once that supporting architecture erodes, it...

by Annica Hulth, Uppsala University - Phys.org - In early 2024, laboratory-grown neurospheres (i.e. clusters of neural stem cells) were sent to the International Space Station (ISS) to be exposed to microgravity. The return trip was delayed several times due to bad...

by The Francis Crick Institute - MedicalXpress - Three years ago, George Kassiotis and his team made an unexpected discovery: A specific way of producing a protein called calbindin was found to help cancer cells survive by preventing them from aging. This left...

By Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - Science Daily - Cancer immunotherapy can lose its punch when tumor-fighting T cells become exhausted, but researchers may have found a way to keep them going longer. Scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center...

By Healthspan Action Coalition - Healthspan Action Coalition and leading Italian organizations are joining forces to advance prevention, longevity science, regenerative medicine, public engagement, and policies that help people live longer, healthier lives. READ...

By: Tara Roberts - University of Miami - Research led by Joshua Hare, M.D., helped lay the foundation for laromestrocel, an investigational cell therapy that Longeveron will test for its effects on aging frailty, muscle function, cognition and immune function. When...

By Stem Cells Translational Medicine - Epilepsy represents as one of the most prevalent and serious neurological disorders, with approximately one-third of patients resistant to conventional treatments. Current pharmacologic therapies primarily suppress seizures...

By Kai Zheng -Stanford Cancer Institute - Following the FDA approval of Orca-T, the field of bone marrow and stem cell transplantation has reached a long-sought watershed moment. For decades, cancer scientists have wrestled with a conundrum regarding stem cell...

By Bernard Siegel The next era of healthspan will not be built by science alone. It will require collaboration among researchers, clinicians, innovators, investors, advocates, caregivers, policymakers, and the communities they serve. That is the purpose of the...