Ever hear about an exciting discovery in the biomedical world, then later wonder why it seemingly dropped off the face of the Earth? In fact, it’...
Are cancer prevention and cellular reprogramming really enemies?
Imagine a physiological love triangle: in one corner, a force with the weight of millions of years of evolutionary programming trained on preventing r...
Research roundup: The microbiome in neurodegenerative disease, and more
It’s looking increasingly likely that our little bacterial buddies have a major influence on neurodegenerative disease, from producing extra amy...
The Hallmarks of Aging: Loss of Proteostasis
Part of a series on the Hallmarks of Aging. Proteins don’t do everything in your body, but it’s fair to say they control everything. What they don’t d...
Can reducing PPAR-γ save the immune system?
One contributor to the aging of your immune system is that your thymus–the gland that turns leukocytes into T cells–is slowly replaced by ...
Merry Media, And A Happy New Year
We want you! Reason over at Fight Aging! lists nine promising approaches to rejuvenation therapy that he’d like to see in the very near future: ...
Video interview with James Peyer: Longevity science from bench to clinic, and everything in between
No one should have to read during the holidays. That’s why we made you a video! I spoke to our own James Peyer about how he got started in the l...
A peek inside the companies using AI to combat aging
Last Wednesday I attended the Buck Institute’s workshop on AI and Longevity, where speakers from several different organizations discussed how t...
Oxidative stress response: One of the many jobs of tumor-suppressor p53
At its most dramatic, oxidative stress can rend DNA in two and predispose cells to mutations that ultimately result in cancer. But the less bombastic ...
Research roundup: The importance of energy in Alzheimer’s, and more
Since the world of Alzheimer’s therapeutics hasn’t seen much practical benefit from targeting harmful proteins like amyloid-beta, maybe ot...