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James Kirkland

Researcher on different aging related diseases

Dr. James L. Kirkland is a renowned medical researcher focused on cellular aging and its impact on age-related dysfunction and chronic diseases. His primary goal is to develop methods to remove senescent cells, which accumulate with aging and in diseases such as dementias, atherosclerosis, cancers, diabetes, and arthritis, to extend health span and improve quality of life.

Dr. Kirkland's research spans cellular senescence, senolytic drugs, and the relationship between diabetes, chronic diseases, and cellular senescence. He pioneered the concept of removing senescent cells to enhance health span and devised the first senolytic drugs, which selectively eliminate senescent cells.

His work has significant implications for patient care, as it aims to enhance health span and delay the onset of chronic age-related diseases collectively, rather than individually. This has the potential to reduce morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs worldwide.

He's founder of Academy for Health & Lifespan Research.

Visit website: https://www.mayo.edu/research/faculty/kirkland-james-l-m-d-ph-d/bio-00096544

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Mayo Clinic

Non-profit American academic medical center focused on health care, education, and research

Details last updated 01-Nov-2019

James Kirkland News

Lifespan.io reports back from Aging Research and Drug Discovery Meeting (ARDD 2023)

Lifespan.io reports back from Aging Research and Drug Discovery Meeting (ARDD 2023)

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 26-Sep-2023

Key points from Arkadi Mazin's summary of 5 days of talks by geroscientists and biotech leaders

Healthy Longevity Medicine Society launches to promote longevity medicine

Healthy Longevity Medicine Society launches to promote longevity medicine

Longevity Technology - 27-Sep-2022

Looks like it will act as an interface between longevity researchers and clinicians

Oral senolytics boosts geroprotective protein in mice and humans

Oral senolytics boosts geroprotective protein in mice and humans

Mayo Clinic - 15-Mar-2022

Dasatinib+Quercetin restores a-klotho protein, which could combat ageing and disease in older people

Whole-body senescent cell removal improved brain health in mice

Whole-body senescent cell removal improved brain health in mice

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 22-Jan-2021

Senolytic drug and cancer drug with quercetin improved age-related cognition

Nature Biotechnology reviews the state of play of senolytics

Nature Biotechnology reviews the state of play of senolytics

Nature Biotechnology - 12-Nov-2020

In August, Unity announced that its lead drug candidate had failed to beat a placebo in reducing ...


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Academy for Health and Lifespan Research (AHLR)

World's aging researchers unite to accelerate breakthroughs in longevity

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Academy for Health and Lifespan Research (AHLR)

World's aging researchers unite to accelerate breakthroughs in longevity

ARDD 2021 - 8th Aging Research and Drug Discovery Meeting

31-Aug-2021 to 03-Sep-2021

Online event about latest progress in the molecular, cellular and organismal basis of aging organized by University of Copenhagen chaired by Morten Scheibye-Knudsen, Daniela Bakula and Alex Zhavoronkov, and with many speakers.

ARDD 2023 - 10th Aging Research & Drug Discovery Meeting

28-Aug-2023 to 01-Sep-2023

Event about latest progress in the molecular, cellular and organismal basis of aging organized by University of Copenhagen

BSRA Annual Scientific Meeting 2023

06-Sep-2023 to 08-Sep-2023

A compelling lineup of speakers from all areas of the biology of ageing

Extending Human Healthspan and Longevity

19-May-2021

Online webinar focused on longevity extension without health related issues organized by The New York Academy of Sciences with Nir Barzilai and Pinchas Cohen as keynote speakers.

Global Healthspan Summit (GHS) 2025

04-Feb-2025

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

Global Healthspan Summit 2023

29-Nov-2023 to 30-Nov-2023

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

Healthy Longevity Medicine Society (HLMS)

Medical society with focus on promoting longevity as a specialty area of modern healthcare

Longevity Leaders World Congress 2021

04-May-2021 to 07-May-2021

The virtual event for leaders in longevity science, technology, business and finance organized by Longevity Leaders (LSX).

Longevity Leaders World Congress 2022

26-Feb-2022 to 27-Feb-2022

Event for leaders in longevity science, technology, business and finance organized by Longevity Leaders (LSX)

Targeting Metabesity 2022

10-Oct-2022 to 13-Oct-2022

The Kitalys Institute virtual conference about going beyond treating individual diseases to extending healthy lifespan

James Kirkland Blog Posts

Highlights of Ending Age-Related Diseases 2020
10-Sep-2020

Highlights of Ending Age-Related Diseases 2020

Key points from 20 presentations from world-leading researchers

James Kirkland Creations

Aging

Amazon

Second Edition: Geroscience as the New Public Health Frontier, book edited by James Kirkland