Join the club for FREE to access the whole archive and other member benefits.

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.

Read more about: Microbiome.

Ageing Research News

Extending quality life years: insights from the Global Healthspan Summit 2023

Live Forever Club - 16-Mar-2024

Event focused on extending quality life years through scientific innovation

Read more...

UK study finds 14 prescription meds possibly linked to longer life

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 15-Mar-2024

Viagra, cholesterol meds & estrogen replacements linked to longevity, but further research needed

Read more...

Transplanted cells age at different rates depending on the host's age

Live Forever Club - 05-Mar-2024

Bodies of younger people could potentially rejuvenate older transplanted cells

Read more...

Cell malfunctions can cause information leakage and trigger inflammation

University of Virginia School of Medicine - 05-Mar-2024

The discovery may improve inflammation treatment and anti-ageing interventions

Read more...
More Ageing Research News

Ageing Research Resources

Click on resource name for more details.

Smart Ageing Summit 2024

29-Jun-2024

Enhance your health span and longevity with these expert talks organized by Oxford Longevity Project (Oxford, UK)

The Longevity Summit 2024

03-Dec-2024 to 04-Dec-2024

Longevity researchers, investors, and entrepreneurs speaking about eliminating disease of ageing by Longevity Global (Novato, CA, USA)

Exploring the Frontiers of Ageing Research - the XPRIZE Challenge

11-Mar-2024

Dr Jamie Justice speaking about XPRIZE Healthspan competition, organised by Ageing Research at King’s (ARK) (London, UK, FREE)

Aging & Gerontology 2024

08-Apr-2024 to 09-Apr-2024

The conference by Sciinov Group with focus on gerontology studies (Valencia, Spain)

Milan Longevity Summit

14-Mar-2024 to 27-Mar-2024

Rich program of conferences about the cutting-edge research to slow down the aging process, organised by BrainCircle Italia (Milan, Italy, FREE)

Turn Around Aging Conference

08-Mar-2024

Conference focused on healthy longevity (Munich, Germany)

More Ageing Research resources

Ageing Research Blog Posts

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

Highlights from Longevity Summit Dublin 2023
24-Aug-2023

Highlights from Longevity Summit Dublin 2023

Key points and slides from the leading longevity conference hosted by Aubrey de Grey

More Ageing Research blog posts