Cancer’s little helper
A menacing shadow looms large over the body. Lessons we’ve learned from the eternal struggle of organism against cell are etched into the farthest corners of the genome, patches on top of patches,...
View ArticleGlucosamine: The new metformin? | Interview with Dr. Michael Ristow (part ii)
Last week when we heard from Dr. Ristow, he turned the outdated notion of the “free radical theory of aging” on its head, and demonstrated that antioxidants like vitamin A and vitamin C aren’t all...
View ArticleWhat’s new in media and industry: Who’s who in longevity, and more
Here’s our handpicked selection of the best interviews, blog posts, popular articles, and breaking biotech news of the last two weeks: Want a systematic overview of every organization chipping away at...
View ArticleThe chaotic inner life of cancer
(Continued from part I) Most people who’ve meet cancer on the battlefield of treatment, doctors or patients, come away with the impression of a robust and formidable foe that can only be defeated with...
View ArticleUsing neurodegeneration to fight cancer safely and effectively
The "magic bullet", a universal solution to target all cancer types without harming normal body cells, is what early cancer researchers thought we'd inevitably stumble across after just a few years of...
View ArticleAn ounce of prevention | Interview with Dr. Michael Ristow (part iii)
For the most part, we know how to mitigate the chronic diseases that plague people in their older years–eat healthily from early on, and get plenty of exercise. But this knowledge hasn’t translated...
View ArticleSpace aging
People have been talking about terraforming and colonizing Mars since the beginning of space travel, and in the past few years that ambition seems to have gone mainstream. But if we want to conquer the...
View ArticleHow many mutations before stem cells go kaput?
Imagine that today is your first day at a brand new job, and your new boss slaps an enormous booklet on your desk, then walks off without a word. The front of the booklet reads “HOW TO DO YOUR JOB”,...
View ArticleSpermidine fuels the self-eating machine
Introducing spermidine Present in all mammalian cells, polyamines are positively charged ions that are vital for cellular growth, survival, and division. Originally identified in semen, the polyamine...
View ArticleSebastian Aguiar: “The Geroscience Revolution.”
Sebastian Aguiar, geroscientist and Venture Fellow at Apollo Ventures, delivers the Lord Florey Lecture at Lincoln College, Oxford in November 2018. He was a Clarendon Scholar at Lincoln College,...
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