Tag: David Sinclair

Today, we bring you a selection of presentations from the annual conference organized by the Gerontological Society of America. Most of our savvy readers, if asked to name the biggest gerontology conference, would probably go with the venerable ARDD in Copenhagen or the new favorite, Hevolution Foundation’s Healthspan Summit in Riyadh. Yet, both pale in...

In this new interview, David Sinclair, Harvard professor and the author of “Lifespan”, explains his theory of aging, shares parts of his health routine, and reveals which directions in today’s aging research excite him. A professor and a public figure In the longevity field, when it comes to name recognition, there’s David Sinclair and all...

A new review authored by three acclaimed geroscientists paints a promising picture of past and ongoing human clinical trials of prospective anti-aging drugs [1]. From worms and mice to humans The biology of aging is an exciting new field, but most of its successes have been in animal models, from the early breakthroughs in yeast...

In a new paper, Sinclair and his co-authors outline a theory arguing that epigenetic changes are the underlying cause of aging [1]. When cells get old It is not every day that one of the most prominent geroscientists presents a new theory of aging. David Sinclair of Harvard, along with two co-authors, Yuancheng Ryan Lu...

In a new study, scientists have achieved significant improvement of glaucoma in a mouse model via partial cellular reprogramming of retinal cells. However, it might take more than that to reverse other aspects of age-related vision loss [1]. The vision of restored vision The group that authored this paper, led by the prominent geroscientist Dr....

Once a year, Copenhagen becomes a Mecca for the longevity community. Hundreds of people flock to the picturesque Danish capital to attend the Aging Research and Drug Discovery Meeting (ARDD) for five full days of talks by geroscientists and biotech leaders, mingling and networking with like-minded longevity enthusiasts, and not-so-healthy late night-outs. ARDD is organized...