A new study proposes a novel approach to fighting immune system decline caused by thymic involution: making the liver produce proteins that support T cell development and function [1]. Bringing back t...

Scientists have created a new, highly effective method of tracing blood cells’ lineage. This can improve our understanding of clonal hematopoiesis and its impact on an aging organism [1]. Hostile take...

For most of the history of human civilization, humanity expanded at an astonishing pace: faster than exponential, nearly hyperbolic. This trend was famously described in a 1960 paper by Heinz von Foer...

Undocumented residents paid £25.7 billion into Social Security funds and $6 billion into Medicare in 2022.

A new study suggests that damaged mitochondria activate the integrated stress response, which causes pancreatic β-cells, as well as liver and fat cells, to lose their identity and malfunction [1]. Blo...

Researchers have discovered a small molecule that effectively kills cancer cells in the most prevalent type of breast cancer. The new […]

How long can people live? This is not just a foundational question in science. The answer has important public policy implications and is of interest to […]

In a journal called Small, researchers have described a new targeting mechanism for delivering senolytic compounds where they need to go. Finding […]

A new advisory by the US Surgeon General highlights a topic that – as the document itself notes – has been flying mostly under the public’s radar: the relationship between alcohol consumption and canc...

To many people, Peter Diamandis needs no introduction, and to the rest, it’s going to be a long one. To put it as concisely as possible, Peter is […]

Anxious about being late and distrustful of LA’s afternoon traffic, I got to my destination quite a few minutes early and found myself in a quiet middle-class neighborhood. The house I was looking for...

Earlier this month, for the third year in a row, the famed Buck Institute for Research on Aging hosted the Longevity Summit. This two-day event was organized by Longevity Global, a community of longev...

With the deadline for submissions just around the corner, Jamie Justice, Executive Director of XPRIZE HealthSpan, explains to researchers still on […]

A unique project is set to go live next spring in the Bay Area. Organized by the Vitalism Foundation, it promises to be one of the largest longevity-related events ever. They’re popping up! Since the ...

In a new study, ChatGPT 4.0 achieved significantly better diagnostic scores when evaluating complex cases than either unassisted human physicians or physicians who consulted the […]