Welcoming two guests to our upcoming event! Michael Hodin, the CEO of the Global Coalition on Aging, and Dylan V. Livingston, the Founder of The Alliance for Longevity Initiatives, will share their insights and perspectives! lnkd.in/e6Wusdwh

🗓Event! Prof Dame Linda Partridge of UCL on ‘can we cure #ageing?’ Here at @MertonCollege next Friday. RT, and sign up on Eventbrite: eventbrite.com/e/538793946197

My talk Foresight Institute on the scientific quest for immortality. I cover my career goals (overcoming death), new longevity drugs and the prospects of curing ageing - not happening anytime soon, IMHO. Lastly, I discuss biostasis as a backup plan. youtube.com/watch?v=LkbaRe…

Factors that accelerate epigenetic aging: 1. Smoking (worst) 2. Alcohol intake 3. Waist size 4. Body fat 5. CRP (inflammation) 6. Triglycerides 7. Childhood obesity 8. Type 2 diabetes (Alcohol is turning out to be more toxic than we thought. Sorry) academic.oup.com/biomedgerontol…

Papers and patents are becoming less disruptive - nice summary of the Park et al. paper at: economist.com/science-and-te… #unitedbyscience

Nice to see a positive article in Mail+ . Most positive articles are not as attention-grabbing as the negative ones but it is great to have balance. And this one brings hope. Stacy Liberatore dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ar…

Did you know that ceramides are better predictors of cardiovascular problems than cholesterol? science.org/content/articl…

Worst nightmare as a patient/oncologist is to deal with brain🧠metastases. Most drugs don’t penetrate the blood brain barrier & trials often exclude these patients. 👇🏾Our patient with a near complete response after just 1 dose of T-DXd.🙌🏾👏🏾🙌🏾👏🏾 #Cholangiocarcinoma #HER2➕➕➕

Running vs. antidepressants: New study reveals both are effective in combating depression, but running offers bonus physical health improvements. With millions on medication, could moderate-to-vigorous exercise be a side-effect-free alternative?

Researchers from Universität zu Köln have discovered a way to fight the aging process and cancer development. The team of @Schumacherbj could inhibit the DREAM protein complex which prevents the repair of genome damage. eurekalert.org/news-releases/… via EurekAlert! Universität zu Köln

DREAM complex could hold key to fighting cancer and living longer newatlas.com/biology/dream-…

Great to have the chance to highlight the UK Ageing Research Networks UKAN (UK Ageing Network) to a wide audience during the excellent @ELRIG_UK Research and Innovation conference 2023 Hinxton Hall Conference Centre . Thanks to Janet Lord for excellent co-chairing, and to all our amazing speakers.

On this Transgender Day of Visibility, Michelle and I want every trans person in America—and around the world—to know that we see you and we stand with you. Every LGBTQIA+ person deserves to feel safe and protected.

Incredibly cool work, once again, out of Feng Zhang lab - programmable protein delivery via bacterial “syringes”

Necroptosis inhibition counteracts neurodegeneration, memory decline, and key hallmarks of aging, promoting brain rejuvenation onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

"Bullying is a means for mediocre scientists to rise to the top. Some star academics reached their position because they are bullies, not in spite of it." - Excellent piece about bullying in academia (and really any other professional environment). nature.com/articles/s4156…

George Church: Breaking Boundaries of Possibility 03-May Oxford Society of Ageing and Longevity george church Added to the club's #event diary Online event with George Church on Gene Therapy and Longevity organized by Oxford Society of Ageing and Longevity (FREE) liveforever.club/events?selecte…

Decoding Aging in Dogs (and Humans!) 25-May Oxford Society of Ageing and Longevity Matt Kaeberlein Added to the club's #event diary Decoding Longevity: Dogs, Humans, and the Shared Journey of Aging with Dr. Matt Kaeberlein by Oxford Society of Ageing and Longevity (FREE) liveforever.club/events?selecte…

This neuroscientist worked until she was 103. She also: • Won a Nobel Prize at 77 • Became a senator at 92 • Stayed mentally sharp into her 100s Her secret? 5 daily habits that prevented brain aging: 🧵

Longevity news: 40 months of treatment of monkeys with the diabetes drug metformin was associated with younger ages in ProteinAge, DNAmAge & TranscriptAge clocks, compared to an untreated group. DNAmAge of major organs was 3-6 years younger