Category: Interviews
Sebastian Aguiar – Aging Research and Investment
February 4, 2019
Today, we have an interview with Longevity Investor Network member Sebastian Aguiar, who has kindly shared some of his thoughts and motivations with us. Sebastian Aguiar is a Venture Fellow at
An Interview with Dr. Kris Verburgh, M.D.
January 4, 2019
At the Fourth Eurosymposium on Healthy Ageing, which was held in Brussels last November, Elena and I met Dr. Kris Verburgh, a medical doctor who is especially interested in biogerontology
An Interview with Dr. Leonid Peshkin
January 3, 2019
Determined but not complacent, grounded but hopeful, Dr. Leonid Peshkin is one of the scientists working on understanding aging so that it may one day be treated like we treat
An Interview With Daniel Muñoz-Espín
December 19, 2018
During the Fourth Eurosymposium on Healthy Ageing (EHA), which was held in Brussels, Belgium last November, we had the opportunity to meet Dr. Daniel Muñoz-Espín from the Oncology Department of
Investigating Jeanne Calment’s Longevity Record
December 4, 2018
Jeanne Calment has the claim of being the longest lived human, but two researchers believe this claim may be false. Is the oldest recorded human being potentially a hoax? If
An Interview With Leonid Gavrilov And Natalia Gavrilova
November 14, 2018
Many people are concerned that vastly extended healthy lifespan might lead us to catastrophic overpopulation, and the best way to mitigate this fear is probably to talk to an experienced
Dr. Sam Palmer – Thymic Involution and Cancer Risk
October 22, 2018
Cancer is the poster child of age-related diseases, and a recent study sheds light on why the risk of cancer rises dramatically as we age. Abstract For many cancer types,
Reason and Bill Cherman – Investing in Longevity
October 9, 2018
Here at LEAF, we engage in a wide range of activities in support of the development of rejuvenation biotechnology in order to end age-related diseases. We report the latest news
NAD+ and Aging With Mike Bonkowski
September 25, 2018
Today, we have an interview with Dr. Michael Bonkowski, an expert on NAD+ biology and aging from the David Sinclair Lab, Harvard Medical School. Michael Bonkowski aims to advance our
An Interview With David Gobel
September 5, 2018
David Gobel is an inventor, philanthropist, futurist, and passionate rejuvenation advocate and supporter; he’s known for co-founding Methuselah Foundation with Dr. Aubrey de Grey and for proposing the intriguing concept
Getting Aging Classified as a Disease – Daria Khaltourina
August 31, 2018
We are pleased to report that lobbyists have made more progress towards classifying aging as a disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) has implemented the extension code ‘Ageing-related’ (XT9T) in
Alexandra Elbakyan – The System is Holding Back Scientific Progress
August 28, 2018
Today, we have an interview with Sci-Hub creator Alexandra Elbakyan, who is committed to the free flow of scientific knowledge and is challenging the unfair journal system, which charges outrageous
An Interview With Didier Coeurnelle
August 15, 2018
As you might remember, we have recently posted about the Longevity Film Competition, an initiative by HEALES, ILA, and the SENS Research Foundation that encourages supporters of healthy life extension
An Interview With Dr. João Pedro de Magalhães
July 30, 2018
Today, we have an interview with Dr. João Pedro de Magalhães, the biogerontologist who created and runs senescence.info. How do you think we age; are we programmed to die, do
Dr. Aubrey de Grey – SENS Research Foundation
July 27, 2018
Today we have an interview with Dr. Aubrey de Grey from the SENS Research Foundation. This interview conducted by Yuri Deigin, CEO at Youthereum Genetics, was originally published in Russian language
Sebastian Aguiar – Aging Research and Investment
February 4, 2019
Today, we have an interview with Longevity Investor Network member Sebastian Aguiar, who has kindly shared some of his thoughts and motivations with us. Sebastian Aguiar is a Venture Fellow at Apollo Ventures, an aging-focused venture capital fund and company builder that invests across Europe and the
An Interview with Dr. Kris Verburgh, M.D.
January 4, 2019
At the Fourth Eurosymposium on Healthy Ageing, which was held in Brussels last November, Elena and I met Dr. Kris Verburgh, a medical doctor who is especially interested in biogerontology and the potential of this field of study to turn medicine on its head. Dr. Verburgh
An Interview with Dr. Leonid Peshkin
January 3, 2019
Determined but not complacent, grounded but hopeful, Dr. Leonid Peshkin is one of the scientists working on understanding aging so that it may one day be treated like we treat any other ailment. As he revealed in an interview with the Boston Globe in mid-2018, the
An Interview With Daniel Muñoz-Espín
December 19, 2018
During the Fourth Eurosymposium on Healthy Ageing (EHA), which was held in Brussels, Belgium last November, we had the opportunity to meet Dr. Daniel Muñoz-Espín from the Oncology Department of the University of Cambridge. Dr. Muñoz-Espín received his PhD from the Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain,
Investigating Jeanne Calment’s Longevity Record
December 4, 2018
Jeanne Calment has the claim of being the longest lived human, but two researchers believe this claim may be false. Is the oldest recorded human being potentially a hoax? If you open an article dedicated to supercentenarians, it is very likely that at its very beginning,
An Interview With Leonid Gavrilov And Natalia Gavrilova
November 14, 2018
Many people are concerned that vastly extended healthy lifespan might lead us to catastrophic overpopulation, and the best way to mitigate this fear is probably to talk to an experienced demographer. To learn more about this and other interesting questions related to life extension, we spoke
Dr. Sam Palmer – Thymic Involution and Cancer Risk
October 22, 2018
Cancer is the poster child of age-related diseases, and a recent study sheds light on why the risk of cancer rises dramatically as we age. Abstract For many cancer types, incidence rises rapidly with age as an apparent power law, supporting the idea that cancer is
Reason and Bill Cherman – Investing in Longevity
October 9, 2018
Here at LEAF, we engage in a wide range of activities in support of the development of rejuvenation biotechnology in order to end age-related diseases. We report the latest news in aging research, attend conferences and give talks, educate, advocate, and fundraise for research projects on
NAD+ and Aging With Mike Bonkowski
September 25, 2018
Today, we have an interview with Dr. Michael Bonkowski, an expert on NAD+ biology and aging from the David Sinclair Lab, Harvard Medical School. Michael Bonkowski aims to advance our understanding of the links between metabolism, aging, and age-associated diseases. He has published 35 peer-reviewed journal
An Interview With David Gobel
September 5, 2018
David Gobel is an inventor, philanthropist, futurist, and passionate rejuvenation advocate and supporter; he’s known for co-founding Methuselah Foundation with Dr. Aubrey de Grey and for proposing the intriguing concept of “longevity escape velocity”, but his achievements and successes extend far beyond that. David has kindly
Getting Aging Classified as a Disease – Daria Khaltourina
August 31, 2018
We are pleased to report that lobbyists have made more progress towards classifying aging as a disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) has implemented the extension code ‘Ageing-related’ (XT9T) in the latest version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). The inclusion of the new code
Alexandra Elbakyan – The System is Holding Back Scientific Progress
August 28, 2018
Today, we have an interview with Sci-Hub creator Alexandra Elbakyan, who is committed to the free flow of scientific knowledge and is challenging the unfair journal system, which charges outrageous fees to view scientific publications. Hiding scientific knowledge behind paywalls Around 70% of scientific publications are
An Interview With Didier Coeurnelle
August 15, 2018
As you might remember, we have recently posted about the Longevity Film Competition, an initiative by HEALES, ILA, and the SENS Research Foundation that encourages supporters of healthy life extension to produce a short film to popularize the subject. Didier Coeurnelle is a jurist and the
An Interview With Dr. João Pedro de Magalhães
July 30, 2018
Today, we have an interview with Dr. João Pedro de Magalhães, the biogerontologist who created and runs senescence.info. How do you think we age; are we programmed to die, do we wear out, or is the truth a mixture of both? I don’t think we wear
Dr. Aubrey de Grey – SENS Research Foundation
July 27, 2018
Today we have an interview with Dr. Aubrey de Grey from the SENS Research Foundation. This interview conducted by Yuri Deigin, CEO at Youthereum Genetics, was originally published in Russian language and he has kindly translated it into English so our audience can enjoy it too. Yuri: