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Sep 22, 2021

Dr. Dina Radenkovic, MD — Longevity Physician, Med-Tech Entrepreneur, Thought Leader, Financier

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, computing, information science, life extension

Is an academic doctor and medical technology entrepreneur, working in the field of the computational biology of aging.

Dr. Radenkovic is also a Partner at the SALT Bio-Fund, and a co-founder of Hooke, an elite longevity research clinic in London.

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Sep 21, 2021

Novel assay finds new mechanism underlying red blood cell aging

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, chemistry, life extension

Red blood cells are the most abundant cell type in blood, carrying oxygen throughout the human body. In blood circulation, they repetitively encounter various levels of oxygen tension. Hypoxia, a low oxygen tension condition, is a very common micro-environmental factor in physiological processes of blood circulation and various pathological processes such as cancer, chronic inflammation, heart attacks and stroke. In addition, an interplay between poor cellular deformability and impaired oxygen delivery is found in various pathological processes such as sickle cell disease. Sickle red blood cells simultaneously undergo drastic mechanical deformation during the sickling and unsickling process.

The interactions between hypoxia and cell biomechanics and the underlying biochemical mechanisms of the accelerated damage in diseased are well understood, however, the exact biomechanical consequences of hypoxia contributing to red cell degradation (aging) remains elusive.

Researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), sought to identify the role of hypoxia on red blood cell aging via the biomechanical pathways. In particular, they examined hypoxia-induced impairment of red blood cell deformability at the single cell level, compared the differences between non-cyclic hypoxia and cyclic hypoxia, and documented any cumulative effect vs. hypoxia cycles, such as aspects that have not been studied quantitatively. Red blood cell deformability is an important biomarker of its functionality.

Sep 20, 2021

Dr. Aubrey de Grey — Changing Priorities in Rejuvenation Technologies — Lifespan.io

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Yes he starts with his personal controversy, emerging challenges, TAME, longevity is moving along well but has a long way to go.


Dr. Aubrey de Grey discusses the changing priorities at the forefront of the field of longevity rejuvenation research at Lifespan.io’s 2021 EARD conference. “The crusade is accelerating”, says Dr. De Grey, “but there’s so much still to do.”
De Grey is the author of The Mitochondrial Free Radical Theory of Aging (1999) and co-author of Ending Aging (2007). He is an international adjunct professor of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, the American Aging Association, and the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies.

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Sep 19, 2021

A paradigm shift in aging research?

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, life extension

This is the video of Harold Katcher’s presentation to the London Futurists. It was a great discussion, be sure to check it out.

#haroldkatcher #antiaging #rejuvenation #futurism

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Sep 19, 2021

Attempting To Further Reduce Biological Age: Reducing Glucose (Without Messing Up Other Biomarkers)

Posted by in categories: biological, life extension

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Sep 18, 2021

The microbial molecule that turns plants into zombies

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, food, life extension

A newly discovered manipulation mechanism used by parasitic bacteria to slow down plant aging, may offer new ways to protect disease-threatened food crops.

Parasites manipulate the organisms they live off to suit their needs, sometimes in drastic ways. When under the spell of a parasite, some plants undergo such extensive changes that they are described as “zombies”. They stop reproducing and serve only as a habitat and host for the parasitic pathogens.

Until now, there’s been little understanding of how this happens on a molecular and mechanistic level.

Sep 17, 2021

Who wants to live for ever? Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg do

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What do you do when you’re so rich you could live to be a hundred and still not spend a noticeable fraction of your fortune? Buy yourself some more time. Literally.

The Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, 57 was reported last week to be among the backers of a new “rejuvenation company”, Altos Labs, a Silicon Valley start-up that has set its sights on understanding why we age and how we might prevent it — and ultimately work out how we might live for ever.

Bezos is not the only billionaire looking towards his end days. The men behind Google and Facebook are also dabbling in the dark art of manipulating mortality. But are they altruistically investing for the good of humanity — or is this.

Sep 16, 2021

Can Video Games Defeat Aging? World’s First Scientific Gaming Console: Demonpore 64

Posted by in categories: biological, life extension

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgHYCU5qB_4

Hey it’s Han from WrySci HX talking about a really interesting concept — the world’s first biological gaming console that uses nanopore technology to detect molecules, and turn these readouts into games! It’s called the Demonpore 64! More below ↓↓↓

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Sep 16, 2021

Staying young, from the cells on up

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, education, life extension

Researchers at Université de Montréal and McGill University have discovered a new multi-enzyme complex that reprograms metabolism and overcomes “cellular senescence,” when aging cells stop dividing.

In their study published today in Molecular Cell, the researchers show that an named HTC (hydride transfer complex) can inhibit cells from aging.

“HTC protects cells from hypoxia, a lack of oxygen that normally leads to their death,” said senior author Gerardo Ferbeyre, an UdeM biochemistry professor and principal scientist at the CRCHUM, the university’s affiliated teaching hospital research center.

Sep 14, 2021

Fixing protein production errors lengthens lifespan

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Reducing naturally occurring errors in protein synthesis (production) improves both health and lifespan, finds a new study in simple model organisms led by researchers at UCL and MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences.

The novel findings, published in Cell Metabolism, are the first to demonstrate a direct link between fewer mistakes and longevity.

Explaining the study, lead author Dr. Ivana Bjedov (UCL Cancer Institute), said: We commonly hear about DNA mutations, which can cause cancer, and are considered one of the underlying causes of ageing.