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Feb 5, 2022

Peter Diamandis: never getting old is coming (clip from a talk w/ Mark Hyman) | S/T en Español

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Excerpt taken from a conversation held between Peter Diamandis and Mark Hyman.

In the description of the video is the link of the original video with the entire conversation.

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Feb 4, 2022

A dead cert for longevity: why Sirt6 is the enzyme making headlines

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The so-called ‘longevity sirtuin’ Sirt6 shows both lifespan and healthspan benefits and a new paper digs deeper into just why that is.

Feb 3, 2022

Iron Accumulation Linked With Age-Related Cognitive Decline

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension, neuroscience

Summary: A breakdown in regulatory mechanisms causes iron to build up in the brain during aging, increasing oxidative stress and increasing the risk of age-related cognitive decline, a new study reports.

Source: Northwestern University.

Breakdowns in regulatory mechanisms cause iron to build up in the brain as organisms grow older, increasing oxidative stress and causing cellular damage, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in the journal eLife.

Feb 1, 2022

Exercise Harder if You Want to Ward off Pain Due to Aging

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Summary: Participating in high levels of physical activities, such as swimming or a game of tennis, once a week helps stave off chronic musculoskeletal pain.

Source: University of Portsmouth.

Those hoping to avoid one of the worst side effects of aging—bone, joint and muscle pain that doesn’t go away—might need to exercise a lot harder and more often than previously believed.

Feb 1, 2022

How ‘Dormant’ Cells In The Aging Brain Contribute To Cognitive Decline

Posted by in categories: life extension, neuroscience

The Neuro-Network.

𝐇𝐨𝐰 ‘𝐃𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭’ 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐈𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐓𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞

𝘾𝙤𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙚 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙖 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙚. 𝘼𝙡𝙡… See more.

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Feb 1, 2022

Dr Kevin Perrott, PhD — Founder & CEO — OpenCures — Accelerating Research To Prevent & Cure Disease

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, chemistry, engineering, life extension, policy

Accelerating Research To Prevent & Cure Disease — Dr. Kevin Perrott, Ph.D., Founder & CEO, OpenCures; Co-Founder & Treasurer, SENS Research Foundation


Dr. Kevin Perrott, Ph.D. is Founder and CEO, OpenCures (https://opencures.org/), Adjunct Professor, University of Alberta, Co-Founder and Advisor, Oisin Biotechnologies, President, of Global Healthspan Policy Institute, and Co-Founder and Treasurer, SENS Research Foundation.

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Feb 1, 2022

Give your DIY + IKEA furniture a longer life using tools that guides users to drill the perfect holes

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Cam & Dowel Jig is a collection of preset jigs and various tools that are designed to help guide users through designing and constructing their own bespoke furniture.

If you didn’t pick up woodworking as a hobby during the quarantine, chances are you at least tried. In a perfect world, we’d have the know-how to pick up some tools, some pieces of wood, and design our living rooms with our own collection of bespoke furniture. Alas, this is no perfect world so we’ll need some shortcuts. Luckily, David Needham of Kingfisher Design Studio has us covered with an intuitive tool kit designed to streamline bespoke, DIY furniture-building projects.

Jan 31, 2022

Dr. Marvin Minsky — Facing the Future

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, government, life extension, particle physics, robotics/AI

Dr. Marvin Minsky — A.I. Pioneer & Mind Theorist. Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, MIT, Media Lab http://GF2045.com/speakers.

As soon as we understand how the human brain works, we should be able to make functional copies of our minds out of other materials. Given that everything is made of atoms, if you make a machine, in some sense it is made of the same kinds of materials as brains are made but organized either in very different ways or fundamentally the same ways.

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Jan 31, 2022

Scientists were able to regrow frog legs. Will it pave the way for human regeneration?

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A team of scientists at Tufts University and Harvard University “have brought us a step closer to the goal of regenerative medicine” by using a drug cocktail to regrow a frog’s amputated legs.

Peer-reviewed study: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abj2164


Scientists say they have been able to help frogs regrow their legs for the first time. The next step? Try the procedure on mammals.

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Jan 30, 2022

Inside The Silicon Valley Race To Live Forever

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As Jess Bezos becomes the latest billionaire to attempt to conquer ageing, Gemma Askham meets those on the front line of the quest to delay death.