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Mar 26, 2017
The Young Scientist Who Wants Us To Live Forever
Posted by Steve Hill in category: life extension
Maria Konovalenko in the news talking about the science of life extension.
Maria Konovalenko is in the news today in this interesting article about life extension. Good to see the subject is getting more popular press than ever these days.
Mar 26, 2017
‘Your animal life is over. Machine life has begun.’ The road to immortality
Posted by Alireza Mokri in category: life extension
In California, radical scientists and billionaire backers think the technology to extend life – by uploading minds to exist separately from the body – is only a few years away.
Mar 26, 2017
Keynote speaker Jim Mellon about “Investing in Longevity”
Posted by Brett Gallie II in category: life extension
Looking forward to Jim Mellon’s new book “Juvenescence- Investing in the Age of Longevity” announced at Master Investor Show in London yesterday…
Mar 25, 2017
UNSW scientists unveil a giant leap for anti-ageing
Posted by Alexander Rodionov in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
UNSW researchers have identified a critical step in the molecular process that allows cells to repair damaged DNA – and it could mean big things for the future of anti-ageing drugs, childhood cancer survivors and even astronauts.
Mar 24, 2017
Critical step in cellualr repair of damaged DNA identifi edwhich could be big for reversing aging and human trials will start within six months
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: biotech/medical, life extension, space travel
UNSW researchers have identified a critical step in the molecular process that allows cells to repair damaged DNA – and it could mean big things for the future of anti-ageing drugs, childhood cancer survivors and even astronauts. It could lead to a revolutionary drug that actually reverses ageing, improves DNA repair and could even help NASA get its astronauts to Mars.
Their experiments in mice suggest a treatment is possible for DNA damage from ageing and radiation. It is so promising it has attracted the attention of NASA, which believes the treatment can help its Mars mission.
While our cells have an innate capability to repair DNA damage − which happens every time we go out into the sun, for example – their ability to do this declines as we age.
Mar 24, 2017
It’s Happening: Scientists Can Now Reverse DNA Ageing in Mice
Posted by Alexander Rodionov in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
Researchers have identified a cellular mechanism that allows them to reverse ageing in mouse DNA and protect it from future damage.
They’ve shown that by giving a particular compound to older mice, they can activate the DNA repair process and not only protect against future damage, but repair the existing effects of ageing. And they’re ready to start testing in humans within six months.
“The cells of the old mice were indistinguishable from the young mice, after just one week of treatment,” said lead researcher David Sinclair from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia and the Harvard Medical School in Boston.
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Mar 24, 2017
Would YOU choose to live forever? Age-reversing pill could repair DNA
Posted by Alexander Rodionov in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
A team of researchers from the University of New South Wales in Australia have discovered a key molecular process in DNA repair that could stop cells from ageing and help DNA to reverse damage.
Mar 24, 2017
Ageing is a disease. Gene therapy could be the ‘cure’
Posted by Montie Adkins in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
Nice summary from Wired on Liz.
After her son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, Elizabeth Parrish began researching gene therapy treatments. She then started testing them on herself.
Mar 23, 2017
Scientists may have found a way to make old blood stem cells act young again
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
Scientists in Germany have discovered a protein that can prompt the body’s blood stem cells to act young again, potentially reversing some of the bad aspects of the aging process.
The suggestion that young blood may be the key to reversing some of the negative aspects of aging sounds like the setup to a horror movie. In reality, however, it refers to some groundbreaking work being carried out by scientists at the University of Ulm in Germany.
They’ve been examining the ways that old blood can be made young again, and they hypothesize that it might help fight some of the effects of aging. To achieve this, they’ve discovered a protein capable of boosting blood stem cells, which prompt them to act like the stem cells of younger people.