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Given the chance, there are very few of us who wouldn’t want to slow down the aging process. Chasing that fountain of youth is a major branch of medical science at the moment, and a hardy little worm known as C. elegans is probably the most prolific test subject. Now, a team at Scripps Research has found that blocking a particular enzyme can extend the lifespan of these worms by almost half again.

Today, we want to spotlight a new publication that charts the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP), which consists of the various secreted signals given out by senescent cells during aging.

Senescent cells and the SASP

As we get older, an increasing number of our cells enter into a state known as senescence. They cease dividing and supporting the tissues and organs of which they are part and, instead, secrete a range of harmful chemical signals. This cocktail of harmful signals is known as the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP).

Continue reading “A New Database for Senescent Cells” »

Full house at Biotech Investing in Longevity last night! We’re thrilled about the interest in this space: We had 2x as many applications as we could accommodate and are looking into making this a recurring event to give this community a continuous point of contact.

Thank you to our co-hosts Aikora Health, and IndieBio for collaborating on this event.

Clinical trials to remove senescent cells have now begun.

Eric Kilhstrom (Director of Aging Analytics Agency and former Interim Director of the £98 million Healthy Ageing Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund) is interviewed about the agency’s recent “Longevity Industry in Israel Landscape Overview 2019” report.

New report shows that Israel’s academic and business ecosystem is the optimal base for an internationally recognized longevity industry hub.

Continue reading “Israel fast becoming world hub of aging industry” »

We submitted the Longevity Peace Prize, worth $5 million dollars to be awarded to any longevity activist(s) in the next 5 years who can get a major world government or the UN to declare “aging a disease” as a policy and to help reverse regulatory hurdles on life extension research. Hopefully, this early version of a prize may one day become reality. https://xprize.org/

April is gone, and before we move on to May, let’s take a look back at the highlights of last month in the rejuvenation world.

LEAF News

Continue reading “Rejuvenation Roundup April 2019” »

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