October 07, 2025
To challenge cultural stereotypes and misconceptions about longevity, a new organization aims to engage people who create culture. Its list of “cultural ambassadors" includes Oscar- and Grammy-winning artists. Reframing the case for longevity Even as geroscience is becoming a respected field, producing breakthroughs and spawning dozens of startups, the public’s attitudes toward longevity still largely...
October 06, 2025
In Advanced Science, a team of researchers has explained how partial cellular reprogramming through the OSKM factors restores nerve repair ability to older animals. Stress as a signal This paper focuses on Schwann cells, glial cells that are often responsible for maintaining the protective sheaths of myelin around neuronal axons and help peripheral nerves to...
October 03, 2025
Among the hallmarks of aging, DNA damage is both one of the most important and one of the hardest to crack. A couple of years ago, when I first learned about Matter Bioworks at a prominent longevity conference, I was amazed at the audacity of the small startup’s vision: actually fixing our DNA, including the...
October 02, 2025
Retro Biosciences, one of the hottest startups in the longevity field, was founded about five years ago by the tech entrepreneur Joe Betts-Lacroix with a $180 million investment from his friend Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI. Despite its hefty war chest, the company initially pursued an image of an agile, scrappy company headquartered in...
October 01, 2025
A recent study reported that the effectiveness of the senotherapeutic drug ABT-263 depends on the cell’s DNA content, which is based on the cell cycle phase at which the senescent cell was arrested [1]. A personalized approach Why We Age: Cellular SenescenceAs your body ages, more of your cells become senescent. Senescent cells do not...
October 01, 2025
Last month was full of news on both rejuvenation advocacy and rejuvenation advancements, including our new Public Longevity Group initiative along with our paper on Urolithin A being accepted into Aging Cell. Here's what's happened in September. Team and activities Lifespan Research Institute Launches Public Longevity Group: On September 17, we announced the launch of...