For the most part, we know how to mitigate the chronic diseases that plague people in their older years–eat healthily from early on, and get ple...
Glucosamine: The new metformin? | Interview with Dr. Michael Ristow (part ii)
Last week when we heard from Dr. Ristow, he turned the outdated notion of the “free radical theory of aging” on its head, and demonstrated that antiox...
Free radicals are not your enemy | An interview with Dr. Michael Ristow (part i)
Dr. Michael Ristow, a professor of energy metabolism at ETH Zurich, bases much of his research into aging on a premise that many of us will find surpr...
James Peyer: Why primary indications matter
“Aging” isn’t a disease as recognized by the FDA–not yet anyway. But then how will the companies trialing anti-aging drugs eve...
James Peyer: Navigating the “Biotech Valley of Death”
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’...
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...
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...
Michael Fossel on telomerase therapy in cancer, Alzheimer’s, and more
Last week we heard the theoretical side of Dr. Michael Fossel’s mission to bring aging to its knees, and why his chosen point of attack was on t...
Più mosso, Maestro! An interview in the key of telomere with Dr. Michael Fossel
With three decades of experience as a professor of clinical medicine under his belt, Dr. Michael Fossel takes a fundamentally pragmatic approach to ta...
The right scent in in stem cell research – Talking to Hartmut Geiger about stem cells and aging
Prof. Hartmut Geiger is an internationally honoured stem cell researcher currently directing the department „Molecular Medicine“ at the University Ulm...