Archive for the ‘life extension’ category: Page 533
Oct 9, 2017
Anti-aging drug breakthrough
Posted by Ian Hale in categories: biotech/medical, life extension, neuroscience
The work, published in the March 8 issue of Science, finally proves that a single anti-aging enzyme in the body can be targeted, with the potential to prevent age-related diseases and extend lifespans.
The paper shows all of the 117 drugs tested work on the single enzyme through a common mechanism. This means that a whole new class of anti-aging drugs is now viable, which could ultimately prevent cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and type 2 diabetes.
“Ultimately, these drugs would treat one disease, but unlike drugs of today, they would prevent 20 others,” says the lead author of the paper, Professor David Sinclair, from UNSW Medicine, who is based at Harvard University. “In effect, they would slow aging.”
Oct 9, 2017
MouseAge: Visual Biomarker for Mouse Aging
Posted by Steve Hill in categories: biological, life extension, robotics/AI
MouseAge (https://www.lifespan.io/mouseage) is creating the first photographic biomarker system using the power of artificial intelligence.
The goal of MouseAge is to create a system capable of determining the age of mice without the need for invasive or even harmful tests.
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Oct 9, 2017
Book Review: Longevity Promotion a Multidisciplinary Perspective
Posted by Steve Hill in categories: biotech/medical, ethics, law, life extension
There’s no doubt that Dr. Ilia Stambler’s Longevity promotion: multidisciplinary perspective is a great book for the advocate and keen supporter of healthy life extension. Check out our review by Nicola Bagalà.
There’s no doubt that Dr. Ilia Stambler’s Longevity promotion: multidisciplinary perspective is a thorough book that all kinds of advocates of healthy longevity may find very useful. The book reads pretty much like a collection of academics papers, each dealing with a different aspect of the matter, including science, history, social and moral implications, legislation, and advocacy. Just like you would expect from an academic work, each section of this book is complete with exhaustive sources that will indubitably prove helpful should you wish to dig deeper into the topic being discussed.
The first section of the book focuses on advocacy, discussing typical concerns raised in the context of life extension, outreach material, and initiatives, and it offers suggestions for effective policies to promote aging and longevity research. The latter part of this section was one of the hardest for me to read since policies and legislation are not at all my strongest suit, but I do believe that professional lobbyists and advocates who have legal and regulatory backgrounds and wish to take action will find numerous ideas in it.
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Oct 8, 2017
Age Reversal Breakthrough
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
Oct 7, 2017
Photographic Age Biomarker in Mice
Posted by Steve Hill in categories: biotech/medical, information science, life extension, robotics/AI
We are using A.I. and Computer Vision Techniques to Determine Age and Assess the Effect of Therapies Against Aging in Mice, Increasing the Pace of Life Extension Research. Please subscribe, share, and fund our campaign today! ►Campaign Link: https://www.lifespan.io/mouseage ►Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/LifespanIO?sub_confirmation=1
MouseAGE is working to develop the first photographic biomarker of aging in mice to help validate potential anti-aging interventions, save animal lives, and greatly speed up the pace of longevity research.
Oct 7, 2017
Human longevity will be the world’s biggest industry
Posted by Brett Gallie II in category: life extension
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Oct 6, 2017
Brian Cox says we’ll soon upload our brains onto computers
Posted by Carse Peel in categories: computing, life extension, neuroscience, singularity
It may sound like the plot from the latest science fiction blockbuster, but uploading your brain onto a computer to achieve immortality could soon become a reality.
In a new interview, Professor Brian Cox said that the technique, known as ‘technological singularity’ could be available sooner than you think.
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Oct 5, 2017
A Potential Path to Treating Inflammation-related Aging and Cancer
Posted by Steve Hill in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
The link between inflammation, cellular senescence, aging, and cancer is a complex relationship, but a new study sheds light on how these four interact.
The light and dark side of inflammation and cellular senescence
Cellular senescence is a protective mechanism that helps us to stay healthy and avoid cancer by removing damaged and aged cells from the cell cycle while preventing them from creating damaged copies of themselves. Senescent cells are disposed of via a self-destruct process known as apoptosis.
