Lifeboat Foundation

I love to help people learn how to live longer and healthier lives, by reporting on the latest lifespan-enhancing research discoveries. I’m interested in the technologies that we can use today, as well as promising science that we can use in the near future.

238 posts by Brady Hartman

• Hydrogen power is here to stay. How do we convince the public that it’s safe? – July 22, 2019
• ‘BioSolar Leaves’ are better at cleaning the air than trees, say the technology’s developers – July 22, 2019
• This sustainable way of growing rice produces bumper harvests – July 20, 2019
• Why plastic pollution shouldn’t distract from other environmental challenges – July 17, 2019
• Humans are causing larger species to go extinct faster – July 17, 2019
• A ‘repair economy’ might fix more than just stuff. It could fix us as well – July 17, 2019
• India has suffered its driest June in 5 years – July 16, 2019
• In the Philippines students have to plant 10 trees before they can graduate – July 15, 2019
• 7 astonishing statistics you need to know to understand modern China – July 15, 2019
• China has 99% of the world’s electric buses – July 15, 2019
• This start-up has invented an amazing way to make food last longer – July 15, 2019
• Here are four creative ways companies are fighting food waste – July 15, 2019
• Israel and Arab countries are joining forces to save Red Sea coral reefs – July 15, 2019
• David Attenborough says industrial overfishing is more dangerous to the ocean than plastic – July 15, 2019
• The Years Project – July 15, 2019
• Insect Extinction – July 15, 2019
• Heading Towards Collapse – July 15, 2019
• Coal Ash in the Water – July 15, 2019
• Not Too Latte To Swap Palm Oil – July 14, 2019
• This Curtain Of Algae Is Cleaning The Air – July 14, 2019
• The Internet May Be Underwater in 15 Years – July 13, 2019
• Anchorage Had Never Reached 90 Degrees. That Changed This Week – July 13, 2019
• One Climate Crisis Disaster Occurs Every Week, U.N. Official Warns – July 13, 2019
• New study: How much do climate fluctuations matter for global crop yields? – July 13, 2019
• China’s cleanest province shows what the country’s future could hold – July 12, 2019
• Coral biodiversity could help reefs thrive again – July 12, 2019
• Small Temperature Bumps Can Cause Big Arctic Methane Burps – July 11, 2019
• Utility-Scale Energy Storage Will Enable a Renewable Grid – July 11, 2019
• A Special Class of Proteins Offers Promising Targets for Drugs for Cancer and Alzheimer’s – July 11, 2019
• A 550 km-long mass of sargassum seaweed is heading for the pristine beaches of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula – July 11, 2019
• Massive reforestation is key to averting a climate catastrophe – July 11, 2019
• Blockchain and carbon offsetting can help cities reduce emissions – but sometimes simpler is best – July 11, 2019
• A Chinese professor explains what air pollution does to your health – July 11, 2019
• In drought-hit Delhi, the haves get limitless water, the poor fight for every drop – July 11, 2019
• There’s an area of the Arabian sea the size of Scotland that has no oxygen – July 9, 2019
• These are the top 10 emerging technologies of 2019 – July 9, 2019
• Climate Facts – July 9, 2019
• Taking the Climate for Granted – July 9, 2019
• Climate Facts: Bridge to Nowhere – July 8, 2019
• The Junk Food Effect – July 8, 2019
• June was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth – July 8, 2019
• By 2020 Bitcoin could be using as much energy as the entire world – July 8, 2019
• Renewable Energy Is Booming. Here’s How to Keep It Going – July 7, 2019
• Here are 3 terrifying facts that show how much we’re damaging the earth – July 7, 2019
• 11 Million People Employed in Renewable Energy Worldwide in 2018 – July 6, 2019
• Decline in Insect Populations – July 5, 2019
• Canada is following Europe and banning single-use plastics – July 4, 2019
• Smarter Fertilizers Can Reduce Environmental Contamination – July 4, 2019
• Japan is a world leader in floating solar power – July 4, 2019
• Blockchain will make sure green pledges aren’t just greenwash: a new initiative – July 3, 2019
• This Chinese megacity is building the world’s largest waste-to-energy plant – July 3, 2019
• These 3 futuristic technologies could help save the planet – July 3, 2019
• 4 Countries With Innovative Plans to go Zero Carbon – July 3, 2019
• This Is How Mangrove Forests Protect The Coast – July 2, 2019
• Humans Reportedly Have Made 9.1 Billion Tons of Plastic Since 1950 – July 2, 2019
• The US has generated more electricity from renewables than coal for the first time ever – July 2, 2019
• NMN and NAD Reverse Aging of Blood Vessels in New Study – April 6, 2018
• Tougher climate policies can save 153 million lives says a new study – April 6, 2018
• Our Brain Learns Completely Differently Than Experts Assumed For Nearly A Century – April 6, 2018
• New NR Vitamin Promising to Address Aging in Adults – April 6, 2018
• Calorie restriction improves our age-related diseases — new results of a landmark trial – April 6, 2018
• New Liquid Biopsy Tests Aim to Prevent Cancer Mortality – April 6, 2018
• Daily Viagra May Reduce Colorectal Cancer Odds – April 6, 2018
• 7 Revolutionary Medical Technologies – April 6, 2018
• Our Enemy Within: Gut Bacteria Fuel Autoimmune Disease – March 18, 2018
• This New Cholesterol Drug Might Reduce Risk of Dying – March 18, 2018
• Lead Exposure Causes as Many Deaths as Smoking Suggests a New Study – March 18, 2018
• Researchers Link Vitamin D to Reduced Cancer – March 18, 2018
• Top Researchers Want to Beat Back Our Chronic Diseases of Aging – March 18, 2018
• Fat cells move to heal bodies – March 18, 2018
• Regenerating new heart tissue to repair disease – March 18, 2018
• Researchers Paint Bullseye on Target to Stop Tumor Metastasis – March 18, 2018
• Researchers catch the molecule triggering inflammation in autoimmune diseases – March 18, 2018
• Using big data analysis to significantly boost cancer treatment effectiveness – March 2, 2018
• UCSD researchers report these bacteria prevent skin cancer – March 2, 2018
• Breakthrough life extension and medical discoveries of February 2018 – March 2, 2018
• New AI-based app measures our body’s aging clock and helps us to rewind it – February 28, 2018
• Precision cancer treatment effective in treating tumors – February 27, 2018
• Company wants to bioprint new beating hearts to replace our diseased ones – February 27, 2018
• These cancer vaccines to prevent tumors – February 27, 2018
• Healthiest vitamins and minerals revealed in new JAMA report – February 27, 2018
• Predicting our body’s biological age with a pee test – February 27, 2018
• Runoff pitting low-fat vs. low-carb to lose weight results in a tie – February 25, 2018
• Brain rejuvenating protein found in young blood – February 25, 2018
• Sci-Hub’s Pirate Queen Sails On – February 25, 2018
• AHA names 2017’s top advances in heart disease and stroke research – February 19, 2018
• Breakthroughs in Targeted Cancer Therapies to Fight Tumors – February 19, 2018
• Breakthrough cancer immunotherapy treatments to be ‘curative’ by 2025 says prominent research head – February 19, 2018
• Team paves the way for immunotherapy to treat aggressive colon tumors – February 19, 2018
• Want to Lose Weight? Here’s How To Get 10 Servings Of Fruit And Vegetables Daily – February 14, 2018
• Trial Shows Canakinumab Prevents Cancer and Heart Attacks – February 14, 2018
• Lose Weight With Coffee? Maybe Not, New Research Says – February 14, 2018
• Heart Healthy Chocolate What You Need to Know – February 14, 2018
• Four Ways We Can “Swallow the Doctor” (Nanodocs, the medical nanorobots) – February 14, 2018
• New blood test for Alzheimer’s could improve dementia treatment – February 14, 2018
• Anti-Aging Scientists Hope to Reduce Chronic Diseases – February 14, 2018
• Secrets of these 200-year-old whales who avoid cancer – February 14, 2018
• Can the blood of teens rejuvenate our bodies? This new trial aims to find out – February 14, 2018
• Revolutionary Technologies to Beat Aging in Our Lifetimes – February 14, 2018
• Creating designer babies with CRISPR will soon be possible – February 13, 2018
• BioViva’s Liz Parrish reports promising progress on human gene therapy – February 13, 2018
• CWRU researchers block cancer’s spread to body with novel technique – February 13, 2018
• ASU researchers reveal cancer-seeking nanorobots that starve tumors – February 13, 2018
• Diabetes treating ‘SGLT2 inhibitors’ named among top advances for preventing heart disease – February 12, 2018
• Researchers report breakthrough in human lung regeneration – February 12, 2018
• Researchers discover key enzyme sabotaging our weight loss – February 12, 2018
• AHA names PCSK9 inhibitor evolocumab as a top advance in heart disease – February 12, 2018
• Researchers create functioning kidney tissue – February 12, 2018
• Researchers report promising anti-aging rapamycin clinical trial results – February 12, 2018
• New hair-raising technique to decrease baldness – February 12, 2018
• Do not go baldly into that good night – February 12, 2018
• The key to a naked mole rat’s cancer-free life? – February 11, 2018
• Researchers discover off-switch to inflammation machine at the root of our chronic diseases – February 11, 2018
• Researchers crack secret code to genetic changes causing our cancer – February 11, 2018
• The life extension and medical discoveries of January (Monthly article summary) – February 6, 2018
• Regenerative Reprogramming to Beat Aging Say Researchers – February 6, 2018
• Our aging immune system explains cancer, not genetic mutations says new study – February 6, 2018
• Promising Drug Combo Nearly Halves Stroke Risk Says New Report – February 6, 2018
• (video) Why all blue whales don’t get cancer – February 4, 2018
• These researchers argue there is no upper limit to our lifespan – February 4, 2018
• Cancer ‘vaccine’ eradicates tumors in mice, holds promise in humans – February 1, 2018
• Researchers report promising pterostilbene and NR clinical trial results – January 31, 2018
• Could a protein named klotho block aging and dementia? – January 31, 2018
• Revolutionary stealth virus holds promise for cancer therapy – January 31, 2018
• Revolutionary gene edited T cell therapy to treat lymphoma shows promise and little toxicity – January 29, 2018
• Does our telomere length play a role in our health? (a look back) – January 28, 2018
• Google’s Calico Labs announces a new discovery: “a non-aging mammal.” – January 26, 2018
• Top Journal Reveals Keys to Telomere Length and Human Disease – January 25, 2018
• Scientists Reveal Keys to Our Telomere Length – January 25, 2018
• Researchers Developing 30 New Anti-Aging Therapies – January 22, 2018
• Health Benefits Instant Coffee Vs. Brewed – January 22, 2018
• New Research Says Coffee Drinkers Live Longer – January 22, 2018
• What Everybody Ought to Know About Cholesterol – January 22, 2018
• Want to Live Longer? Eat More Fruits and Vegetables – January 22, 2018
• Why Are These People Eating Pills of Poop? (Medical Fecal Transplants) – January 22, 2018
• Forty Percent of US Will Get Diabetes Says Top Study – January 22, 2018
• Researchers Announce Novel Treatment For Pancreatic Cancer – January 22, 2018
• Preventing Type 2 Diabetes – January 22, 2018
• Hunting Breakthrough Cures for Dementia (Best of 2017 Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Reports) – January 22, 2018
• Coffee Improves Brain Health, Prevents Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Say Researchers – January 21, 2018
• New Breakthrough Drug Canakinumab Slashes Heart Attack and Cancer in Clinical Trial – January 21, 2018
• New RNA Telomere Therapy Reverses Aging – January 21, 2018
• Macromolecular Damage Ages Us Prematurely – January 20, 2018
• First FDA-Approved Clinical Trial of Rapamycin the Anti-Aging Drug in Healthy Seniors – January 20, 2018
• Can We Slow Aging in our Bodies with Intermittent Rapamycin Therapy? – January 20, 2018
• Revolutionary CRISPR Gene Editing with Nanoparticles – January 20, 2018
• The Dirty Secret of the Fish Oil Supplement Industry – January 18, 2018
• Google Futurist Ray Kurzweil Hacks His Body With These – January 18, 2018
• Can We Live to 120 On Metformin? – January 17, 2018
• IBM to Study Human Microbiome’s Role In Autoimmune Disorders – January 17, 2018
• New Age-Reversing Senolytics “Can Transform Medicine” Says Leading Researcher – January 17, 2018
• Forget About The Blood Of Teens — Young Poop, Old Poop Is The Latest Thing – January 17, 2018
• Geroscientists Aim to Add Years to Our Lives and Life to Our Years – January 17, 2018
• Can We Live To 120 On the Blood Of Teens? – January 16, 2018
• Can We Live to 120 on the Fasting Mimicking Diet or Calorie Restriction? – January 16, 2018
• Can We Cure Diabetes With a ‘Pancreas in a Box’ Grown from Stem Cells? – January 16, 2018
• 8 Ways Cell Stress Causes Us To Age Prematurely – January 16, 2018
• AGEs DamAGE Our Bodies – January 16, 2018
• Researchers Report These Drugs Could Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease – January 15, 2018
• Future of Revolutionary Field That Targets Aging to Increase Life Span – January 15, 2018
• Why Do We Age? The Disposable Soma Theory Answers the Riddle – January 15, 2018
• Main Pillars of Research in Revolutionary Geroscience Field – January 15, 2018
• Revolutionary Geroscience Field Targets Aging – January 15, 2018
• How Free Radicals Damage Our Bodies – January 15, 2018
• Breakthroughs in Diabetes and Prediabetes Treatments (Our Best of 2017) – January 15, 2018
• Chasing Breakthrough Cures for Parkinson’s Disease – January 15, 2018
• US Anti-Aging Chief Updates Geroscience Research Progress – January 15, 2018
• 8 Top Videos On the Future of Medicine (Best of 2017) – January 15, 2018
• Top Five Deadly Vitamins – January 4, 2018
• 10 Health Benefits Of Coffee – January 4, 2018
• 8 Answers To Top Vitamin Questions – January 4, 2018
• 9 Things Everybody Ought To Know About Fish Oils – January 4, 2018
• AHA Says Omega-3 Fish Oil Supplements Not For Everybody – January 4, 2018
• Stop Wasting Money on Vitamin Supplements – January 4, 2018
• David Sinclair on Sirtuins – January 4, 2018
• (Video) View the Future of Medicine with Nanorobots, Weaponized Killer T-cells, Lab-grown Organs, and Gene Editing – January 4, 2018
• (Video) Can These Revolutionary Technologies Beat Aging in Our Lifetimes? – January 4, 2018
• Reviewing the Lifespan Extension Discoveries of 2017 – January 2, 2018
• We Need Breakthrough Biomarkers of Aging to Revolutionize Lifespan Extension – January 2, 2018
• Breakthroughs Set To Revolutionize Stem Cell Therapy – January 2, 2018
• (Video) Researchers Find Promising Alzheimer’s Treatment Using Diabetes Drug – January 2, 2018
• New Research on Maximum Human Lifespan – January 2, 2018
• Report on Doctor’s Healthiest Diet – December 30, 2017
• Scientists Say Air Pollution Will Be Our Top Killer by 2050 – December 30, 2017
• Breakthroughs for Diabetes Treatments – December 25, 2017
• FDA Approves First Ever Gene Therapy for Inherited Disease – December 25, 2017
• Breakthrough Cures for Respiratory Diseases and COPD in the Pipeline – December 25, 2017
• Groundbreaking Gene Therapy Trial Aims to Cure Hemophilia – December 22, 2017
• Researchers Discover Key to Diseases in Mitochondrial DNA Mutations – December 22, 2017
• Researchers Link Human Microbiome With “Ridiculously Healthy” Aging in Centenarians – December 3, 2017
• (Video) How Bacteria Rule Over Our Bodies — the Microbiome – December 3, 2017
• (Video) Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever? – December 3, 2017
• Old Human Cells Rejuvenated with ‘Breakthrough’ Anti-Aging Discovery – December 2, 2017
• Can a Revolutionary Rapamycin Therapy Slow Down Aging in Our Bodies? – December 2, 2017
• CRISPR 2.0: New Ways to Edit Genes in Our Body (video) – December 2, 2017
• Microsoft’s Gates to Genetically Engineer Laser Lit Mosquitoes Using Gene Drive – December 2, 2017
• Does This Gene Fuel Obesity? – December 2, 2017
• Do Aubrey de Grey’s Revolutionary Plans to Reverse Aging Make SENS? (video) – December 2, 2017
• Can We Restore Thymus Function to Cheat Death? – December 1, 2017
• Can These New Advancements in Cryonics Revive Our Bodies After Freezing? – December 1, 2017
• You Wont Believe What These Transhumanists Are Doing – December 1, 2017
• Could Precision Treatments Cure Alzheimer’s Disease? – December 1, 2017
• Can These Novel Treatments Cure Alzheimer’s Disease? – December 1, 2017
• Researchers Discover Key to Alzheimer’s Disease in Our Brains – December 1, 2017
• Company Offers to Freeze Your Body Before Death – December 1, 2017
• Gene Therapy for Blindness May Soon Be Reality – November 15, 2017
• Can We Rejuvenate Our Bodies with HGH Boosting Gene Therapy? – November 15, 2017
• Researchers Discover Why Our Metabolism Slows Down As We Age – October 21, 2017
• The Epigenome in Cancer and Disease – October 17, 2017
• Can We Rejuvenate Our Bodies Using Telomerase to Lengthen Telomeres? – October 15, 2017
• New Senolytics Reverse Aging – October 15, 2017
• When Cell Death Goes Bad — Researchers Discover Role in Cancer and Inflammation-linked Diseases – October 15, 2017
• Can We Reverse Stem Cell Decline and Rejuvenate Our Bodies? (Part 2) – October 14, 2017
• Can We Reverse Stem Cell Decline and Rejuvenate Our Bodies? (Part 1) – October 14, 2017
• Stem Cell Primer What You Need to Know – October 14, 2017
• Cellular Garb-aging Causes You To Age (Loss of proteostasis) – October 14, 2017
• Why Inflammaging Causes Disease and Premature Aging – October 14, 2017
• Does Our Microbiome Cause Inflammaging? Can We Trust Our Gut? – October 14, 2017
• Eight Ways Your Cells Deal With Stress – October 13, 2017
• Phytonutrients: Summary: Phytonutrients – such as carotenoids – October 13, 2017
• The Dirty Secret of the Food Industry — Funding Bias – October 9, 2017
• What Everybody Ought To Know About Prediabetes – October 9, 2017
• Can Coffee Prevent Type 2 Diabetes? – October 9, 2017
• She Sorts C-Cells by The Seashore – October 8, 2017
• Avoid Diabetes Deadly Effects by Early Action – October 2, 2017
• Dr. David Sinclair, Discoverer of Anti-aging NAD Fad, Speaks About Human Trials of NMN – September 30, 2017
• How Our Damaged DNA Kills Us – September 28, 2017
• Why Are These People Eating Worms to Be Healthy? (part I) – September 23, 2017
• Why Are These People Eating Worms to Be Healthy? (part II) – September 23, 2017
• Four Ways We Can “Swallow the Doctor” – September 21, 2017
• Are We Killing Ourselves With Antioxidants? – September 20, 2017
• Can We Stop Mitochondria From Causing Cancer to Grow? – September 19, 2017
• Thanks to Gene Thieves We Have ‘Alien DNA’ in Our Mitochondria – September 19, 2017
• Bacteriobot Holds ‘A Lot Of Promise’ To Treat Cancer, Says Doctor – September 17, 2017
• Researchers Discover Key To Aging In Our Epigenome – September 14, 2017
• U.S. Doc Prescribing Anti-Aging Cocktail To Seniors – September 13, 2017
• Update on Google’s Secretive Startup Calico Labs – September 13, 2017
• Researchers Discover Key to Brain Aging – September 13, 2017