Progress Towards Understanding Memory
Understanding the physical basis of human memory will enable therapies to both enhance youthful memory and reverse its decline with age. From ScienceDaily, an example of present investigations into Continue Reading
More on Ovaries and Longevity in Mice
Another study to show that transplanting young ovaries into old mice extends life quite significantly: "successful ovarian transplants increased the lifespan of the mice by more than 40% ... All the Continue Reading
More Decellularized Lungs Demonstrated
Following on from a demonstration of decellularized rat lungs, another team has produced similar work: "Researchers have been able to create tiny mouse lungs in the lab that are able to breathe. The Continue Reading
The State of Mitochondrial Medicine
A review paper: "Mitochondrial disorders can no longer be ignored in most medical disciplines. Such disorders include specific and widespread organ involvement, with tissue degeneration or tumor Continue Reading
The Youth Pill
A new popular science book on the manipulation of metabolism to slow aging, the author inspired by the Longevity Dividend initiative: "No scientific advances inspire more media hype than ones in Continue Reading
Cell Transplants for Macular Degeneration
From the MIT Technology Review: "Rats genetically engineered to lose their sight can be protected from blindness by injections of human neural stem cells ... a startup in Palo Alto, CA, plans to use Continue Reading
Progress in Viral Cancer Therapy
Scientific American looks at the state of viral cancer therapies: "The adapted virus that immunized hundreds of millions of people against smallpox has now been enlisted in the war on cancer. Continue Reading
Amniotic Membrane Used to Repair Cartilage
A novel methodology in regenerative medicine: "The objective was to evaluate the utility of cryo-preserved human amniotic membrane (HAM) as a support for repairing human articular cartilage injuries, Continue Reading
The Risks that Come With Excess Body Fat
Another reason why you really don't want to live a lifestyle that makes you overweight: "For individuals 65 years of age and older, obesity, excess body fat around the waist and gaining weight after Continue Reading
Inflammation, Genetics, and Longevity
A review paper from Italian researchers who have been working on understanding inflammaging for a number of years: "Ageing is an inexorable intrinsic process that affects all cells, tissues, organs Continue Reading
Nuts as Natural Cholesterol Busters
Nuts can generally lower your chances of suffering from cardiovascular maladies if eaten regularly throughout the week. In the endless battle against heart disease and bad cholesterol, one type of Continue Reading
Secondhand Smoke May Increase Psychological Stress, UK Study Says
Exposure to secondhand smoke produces psychological stress and predisposes individuals to a higher risk of being hospitalized due to psychiatric illnesses. In a study performed by researchers from Continue Reading
The Open Letter on Brain Preservation
Every year something on the order of 50 million people die, and the fine structure of the brain that houses their minds is allowed to decay, destroying them forever. It does not have to be this way: Continue Reading
There Will Always Be Foolish Objections
A Newsweek article runs through some of the standard foolish objections to greater human longevity. There is no change so beneficial that people will refrain from protesting it - it is the human Continue Reading
Longevity Meme Newsletter, June 21 2010
LONGEVITY MEME NEWSLETTERJune 21 2010The Longevity Meme Newsletter is a weekly email containing news, opinions, and happenings for people interested in aging science and engineered longevity: making Continue Reading
Cold Water Cast on Longevity Mutations
An opinion paper by researchers who feel that too much emphasis is placed on the discovery of longevity mutations: "The biological reasons for ageing are now well known, so it is no longer an Continue Reading
Autologous Stem Cell Repair for Damaged Corneas
From BusinessWeek: "Patients blinded in one or both eyes by chemical burns regained their vision after healthy stem cells were extracted from their eyes and reimplanted ... The tissue was drawn from Continue Reading
Investing in Cryonics for the Long, Long Term
An open access anthropology paper on cryonics, illustrating in a number of subtle and less subtle ways the eternal divide between students of soft sciences and students of hard sciences: "Cryonics is Continue Reading
Evolution and Gender Longevity Differences
This particular researcher is somewhat fixated on TOR (when all you have is a hammer...) but this open access paper provides an interesting set of ideas on why men and women have differing life Continue Reading
Bone Scaffolds to Order
Researchers continue to make progress in scaffolding materials that enable the body to regrow missing bone: "In contrast to long-term solutions based on titanium, degradable implants are intended to Continue Reading
