Tag Archives: fight aging
Dave Sharp: Study shows Rapamycin extends life in mice
A year ago the Methuselah Foundation presented a special Mprize Lifespan Achievement Award to Dave Sharp for his work with rapamycin. Science, Nature and TIME magazines each featured rapamycin – an antibiotic used in transplant patients that extended the life … Continue reading
Filed under Drug design, Life Extension, Science
Researchers jumpstart nerve fibers to reverse stroke damage
A new technique that jumpstarts the growth of nerve fibers could reverse much of the damage caused by strokes, researchers reported recently. “This therapy may be used to restore function even when it’s given long after ischemic brain damage has … Continue reading
Filed under Neuroscience
The FDA Needs to Rethink Aging
I wanted to share an interesting perspective by statistician Gary Liberson, PhD. He recently published some valid points on the present system of FDA licensing and the difficulty that companies face in finding an economic justification for longevity research without … Continue reading
Filed under Biomarkers, Mechanisms of aging
The main question in Biogerontology
There’s this quite simple idea: to take two species similar in size and basic biology, but having a substantial difference in longevity, and figure out what’s the reason for this difference. What are the distinctions in the mechnisms of aging … Continue reading
Filed under Life Extension, Mechanisms of aging, Science
Regenerative Medicine Roadmap 1.1
Here is the updated edition of the Roadmap to Regenerative Medicine; the first one can be found here. Cell therapy and tissue engineering are described in more detail, than the rest of the scientific issues. I welcome everybody to take … Continue reading
Filed under Roadmap in regenerative medicine
Bubonic plague
Almost every time the conversation drifts to fighting aging, the majority of people lose their common sense. Here’s how a typical dialog about aging looks like, but the word “aging” is substituted with “bubonic plague”. This takes place in the … Continue reading
Filed under Immortalism, Life Extension
