“At what age would you like to get Alzheimer’s?” This was the question posed by venture capitalist, former stem cell biologist and G...
In the media: Salamanders, supercentenarians and Silicon Valley
Can we “unlock a human’s inner salamander” with stem cell therapies? 3D-printed organs, uploaded brains, and disease-fighting nanobo...
In the media: White papers, worms and “Why die?”
LEAF takes an incisive look at the popular “eternal snoozefest” view of life extension and knocks down that shaky extrapolation from elder...
In the media: Telomeres, translation, and treatment
“All of this time I had been thinking about telomere maintenance in terms of the minuscule cellular molecular structures that they are, and the ...
In the media: Autophagy, APOE4 and amyloid alternatives
Had your curiosity piqued by our recent autophagy articles? Learn even more about this essential cellular process over at LEAF science! Human trials o...
Research roundup: Scientists stop premature aging in its tracks, and more
Researchers from Houston Methodist Research Institute took cells from patients with progeria, a devastating condition that causes premature aging, and...
In the media this week: Aubrey, AI, and advocacy
Trust your doctor to diagnose you correctly? The Washington Post reports that 2/3 of doctors treating dementia patients backpedal on treatment plans a...
Dr. Gordon Lithgow on the future of geroscience (part III)
Dr. Gordon Lithgow of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging spoke to us recently about the Caenorhabditis Intervention Testing program (part I) and...