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Ageing Research

Fundamental ageing research used to be a slow, unexciting, area of academia, with all the big names and money looking at specific diseases. But now that people have realised that most age-related diseases have a shared cause (aging, who'd have thought it?) it's becoming big business. Private money is being invested in biotech start-ups, which is great, but there is still plenty of basic (and by that I don't mean simple) research to do to increase our understanding of the very complex products and processes of ageing.

Sometimes I prefer to call this "anti-ageing research" - because nobody is researching how to speed it up!

A note on spelling - Ageing or Aging?

According to Cambridge Dictionary: UK = ageing, US = aging

Being a UK-based club, the preference is to spell it with an "e" - but as most publications use the US version (and it's quicker to type!), realistically, it is used interchangeably throughout the site.

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Ageing Research News

Generous donations propel next phase of mouse rejuvenation research

Generous donations propel next phase of mouse rejuvenation research

LEV Foundation - 01-Oct-2024

Support from Didier Coeurnelle enables groundbreaking longevity studies to advance

Cheekage: A simple test predicts ageing speed and mortality risk

Cheekage: A simple test predicts ageing speed and mortality risk

Interesting Engineering - 01-Oct-2024

US researchers unveil a groundbreaking tool using cheek cells to estimate biological age

What supercentenarians reveal about living beyond 110 years of age

What supercentenarians reveal about living beyond 110 years of age

Live Forever Club - 29-Sep-2024

Their survival might even be connected to the time of year they’re born or die

Stem cell therapy shows promise in slowing ageing and preventing disease

Stem cell therapy shows promise in slowing ageing and preventing disease

Newsweek - 29-Sep-2024

Mesenchymal stem cells may revolutionize healthcare by combating inflammation and ageing

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Ageing Research Resources

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Our Future Health

Our Future Health is the UK’s largest ever health research programme

Longevity Nation 2024

28-Oct-2024

Conference Enhancing Research, Development and Education for Healthy Longevity organized by Vetek Association (Tel Aviv, Israel)

Global Healthspan Summit (GHS) 2025

04-Feb-2025

Longevity summit organised by Hevolution Foundation (Riyadh,Saudi Arabia)

Five Alarm Bio

Company that develops drugs to slow down the ageing process

BSRA Annual Scientific Meeting 2024

04-Sep-2024

A compelling lineup of speakers from all areas of the biology of ageing (Birmingham, UK)

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Conducting and supporting research on aging and the health and well-being of older people

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Ageing Research Blog Posts

Measuring the hallmarks of ageing – how can you track the underlying causes of ageing?
27-Mar-2024

Measuring the hallmarks of ageing – how can you track the underlying causes of ageing?

What consumer tests are available to check your hallmarks of ageing and how they're impacting your body?

Meet the Omes
24-Jan-2024

Meet the Omes

The biology of ageing looks at way more than just the genome and microbiome - here's 20 to start with!

Exponential growth in ageing research
06-Dec-2023

Exponential growth in ageing research

How the observation and understanding of smaller and smaller biological units has improved ageing research and medicine

Where were the UK longevity companies and researchers at Dublin summit?
30-Aug-2023

Where were the UK longevity companies and researchers at Dublin summit?

Absolute numbers look good, but for the size and proximity of the venue, it could have done better

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