Ageing impacts the gut microbiome, influencing blood cell production and immunity
Live Forever Club - 25-Jul-2024Research points to potential treatments targeting the gut microbiome to improve health
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
Newly developed epigenetic clock 'CellPopAge' can accurately measure cellular age
Live Forever Club - 21-Jul-2024Study also identified that compounds Torin2 and dactolisib extend Drosophila lifespan
Breakthrough drug extends lifespan of mice by 25% - safety already demonstrated in humans
BBC - 17-Jul-2024Interleukin-11 antibody shows promise as an anti-ageing treatment that could revolutionise human longevity
Drinking coffee surprisingly helps the immune system stay young and strong
Live Forever Club - 16-Jul-2024It lowers inflammatory markers and combats harmful cell pathways
Ageing Research Resources
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David Barzilai
Physician, Longevity Consultant, Health Coach, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Healthspan Coaching
BSRA Annual Scientific Meeting 2024
04-Sep-2024
A compelling lineup of speakers from all areas of the biology of ageing (Birmingham, UK)
Smart Ageing Summit 2024
29-Jun-2024
Enhance your health span and longevity with these expert talks organized by Oxford Longevity Project (Oxford, UK)
Why We Die
The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality, a book written by Venki Ramakrishnan
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
