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The Dublin Longevity Declaration
Scientific Leaders Issue global “Dublin Longevity Declaration” Consensus Recommendation to Immediately Expand Research on Extending Healthy Human Lifespans SAN FRANCISCO, CA, October 3, 2023—The Longevity Escape Velocity Foundation (LEVF) welcomes the publication...
Stanford University Aims to Bioprint a Human Heart and Implant It In a Pig
by CardioVascular Learning Network Under a new $26.3 million federal contract from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), a multidisciplinary team of researchers at Stanford University aims to bioprint a fully functioning human heart and implant it...
International Longevity Day and a Death-Defying Congressional Caucus
OPINION By Edward Hudgins There are over 200 congressional caucuses sharing economic, ideological, and every imaginable interest. Some have only a few members. But the new bipartisan Longevity Science Caucus, co-founded by Congressmen Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) and Paul...
Stem cell transplant refreshes brain cells to treat Alzheimer’s in mice
By Michael Irving - New Atlas Scientists at Stanford Medicine have tested a new potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease in mice. The therapy involves transplanting blood stem cells from healthy mice into those with the disease, which helps replace defective neural...
Did you attend #Longevity Summit #Dublin? Here is a short preview of what you missed!
A short video about Longevity Summit Dublin 2023 held on August 17-20, 2023 At Longevity Summit Dublin, our mission is to recognise emerging research developments to extend human healthspan by gathering together world leading scientists. The conference...
Healthspan Action Coalition Celebrates International Longevity Day and Longevity Month in October
San Francisco, CA, September 28, 2023 — The Healthspan Action Coalition commemorates International Longevity Day, October 1 and Longevity Month, October, as a day of activism promoting healthy aging through a live rally and walk from San Francisco’s Ferry Building to...
CRISPR-Based Editing of RNA Viruses Developed
By inside Precision Medicine A new method of genome manipulation can rapidly engineer RNA viruses through precise cleavage and repair, with potential applications for antiviral therapeutics, vaccines, and screening of mutations. The new recombinant technology enables...
Why does cancer spread to the spine? Newly discovered stem cells might be the key
by Benjamin Thompson & Shamini Bundell - Nature A stem cell vital for vertebral growth also drives spine metastases, and the use of MDMA in the treatment of PTSD. Cancer cells can spread to bones in the late stages of disease and in many cancers, cells...
Specialized T cells in the brain slow progression of Alzheimer’s disease
By St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Scientists at St. Jude found that a subset of CD8+ T cells in the brain lessens the activation of microglia and limits disease pathology in a model of Alzheimer’s disease. As many as 5.8 million Americans are currently living...
Artificial wombs, after years in development, reach FDA review for human trials
By Lizzy Lawrence - Stat The artificial womb, a device aiming to save infants born way too soon, is inching closer to being tested in humans. The technology is close enough to reality that the Food and Drug Administration has decided to convene a two-day panel...
Worms With a Superpower – Stanford Scientists Unravel Secrets of Regeneration
By Stanford University School of Engineering - SciTech Daily When an injury occurs in many organisms, a whole-body response is triggered, possibly aiding in healing and regeneration; this is seen in mice, axolotls, zebrafish, and planarian worms. In planarians,...
CAR-T cell researchers at Mayo Clinic optimistic about future of treating blood cancers
By Kelley Luckstein - Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn. — Survival outcomes using chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy (CAR-T cell therapy) continue to be impressive for patients with some blood cancers. “Five years ago, the survival rate for people with blood cancers...