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By Eve Herold - Director at HSAC - Published by Leaps.org In August, a study provided the first proof-of-principle that genetic material transferred from one species to another can increase both longevity and healthspan in the recipient animal. The naked mole rat...

by Samantha Borje - Drug Discovery News Scientists developed an alternative to bone marrow transplantation by using technology similar to that of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. Blood disorders such as sickle cell anemia, immunodeficiencies, and bone marrow failure...

By Enrique Rivero - UCLA Health A UCLA-led team has identified an essential internal control mechanism that can promote the maturation of human stem cell-derived heart muscle cells, offering a deeper understanding of how heart muscle cells develop from their immature...

By Adam Penale - Spectrum News New York state's first cell and gene therapy hub is coming to Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday. State officials say the $98 million cell and gene therapy manufacturing facility in Buffalo will...

By Eleanor Garth - Longevity.Technology Consensus recommendation to immediately expand research on extending healthy human lifespans. The Longevity Escape Velocity Foundation (LEVF) has welcomed the publication today of the Dublin Longevity Declaration. This...

By Chrissy Sexton - Earth.com For the first time, scientists have successfully bioprinted fully functional skin. Researchers at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine report that they have printed skin samples containing all six major cell types found in...

By Christian Edwards, Katie Hunt and Ed Upright, CNN This year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their work on mRNA vaccines, a crucial tool in curtailing the spread of Covid-19. The Nobel Prize committee...

By Taylor Mixides - Drug Target Review Autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (aHSCT), a medical procedure typically employed in the treatment of blood cancers, holds promise as a potential therapy for individuals with relapsing-remitting multiple...

Wellington, FL, October 9, 2023—On October 3, 2023, the Longevity Escape Velocity Foundation released its historic Dublin Longevity Declaration, a groundbreaking document addressing one of humanity’s most pressing needs: extending healthy longevity for all humankind....

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the world’s largest institute dedicated to regenerative medicine, announced its approval of a new program called ReMIND at the September Independent Citizens Oversight Committee (ICOC) meeting that will eventually...

Scientific Leaders Issue global “Dublin Longevity Declaration” Consensus Recommendation to Immediately Expand Research on Extending Healthy Human Lifespans SAN FRANCISCO, CA, October 3, 2023—The Longevity Escape Velocity Foundation (LEVF) welcomes the publication...

by CardioVascular Learning Network Under a new $26.3 million federal contract from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), a multidisciplinary team of researchers at Stanford University aims to bioprint a fully functioning human heart and implant it...

OPINION By Edward Hudgins There are over 200 congressional caucuses sharing economic, ideological, and every imaginable interest. Some have only a few members. But the new bipartisan Longevity Science Caucus, co-founded by Congressmen Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) and Paul...

By Michael Irving - New Atlas Scientists at Stanford Medicine have tested a new potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease in mice. The therapy involves transplanting blood stem cells from healthy mice into those with the disease, which helps replace defective neural...

San Francisco, CA, September 28, 2023 — The Healthspan Action Coalition commemorates International Longevity Day, October 1 and Longevity Month, October, as a day of activism promoting healthy aging through a live rally and walk from San Francisco’s Ferry Building to...

By inside Precision Medicine A new method of genome manipulation can rapidly engineer RNA viruses through precise cleavage and repair, with potential applications for antiviral therapeutics, vaccines, and screening of mutations. The new recombinant technology enables...

By St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Scientists at St. Jude found that a subset of CD8+ T cells in the brain lessens the activation of microglia and limits disease pathology in a model of Alzheimer’s disease. As many as 5.8 million Americans are currently living...

By Lizzy Lawrence - Stat The artificial womb, a device aiming to save infants born way too soon, is inching closer to being tested in humans. The technology is close enough to reality that the Food and Drug Administration has decided to convene a two-day panel...