BPIFB4 gene may improve heart health, reduce ageing effects, and prevent disease
Live Forever Club - 19-Feb-2025It boosts blood flow, fights inflammation, and may offer new therapies for heart patients
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
Environment shapes health more than genes, study finds
Independent - 19-Feb-2025Research shows lifestyle and socioeconomic factors have a far greater impact on disease risk
Evo 2: the AI model redesigning life’s genetic code
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) - 19-Feb-2025Arc Institute’s AI expands genetic design to complex life, advancing biotech and medicine
Hevolution’s Global Healthspan Summit 2025: Redefining the Future of Ageing
Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 18-Feb-2025A groundbreaking conference highlights the shift from lifespan to healthspan
Ageing Research Resources
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Longevity Summit Dublin 2025
02-Jul-2025
The aim is to explore a crucial question: What does the future of ageing look like? (Dublin, Ireland)
How the food you eat affects your gut - Shilpa Ravella
Shilpa Ravella Explores the Impact of Diet on Gut Health
1st NEXii Longevity Congress
08-Oct-2025
Exploring the latest advancements and opportunities in the dynamic field of longevity tech (Porto, Portugal)
74th Annual Scientific Meeting of the BSRA (2025)
03-Sep-2025
A compelling lineup of speakers from all areas of the biology of ageing (Manchester, UK)
A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet, and Disease
A riveting investigation of inflammation written by gastroenterologist Shilpa Ravella
TransVision Madrid 2025
01-Oct-2025
World longevity congress organised by José Luis Cordeiro (Madrid, Spain)
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?
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!
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
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
Topics covered in this page:
Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs), Ageing Research, Autophagy, Bioelectricity, Cell Biology, Circadian Rhythm, DNA, Epigenetics, Glycobiology, Human Biology, Immunosenescence, Immunotherapy, Inflammaging, Longevity Genes, Proteomics, SENS
