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Tech titans’ latest project: Defy death
For centuries, explorers have searched the world for the fountain of youth. Today’s billionaires believe they can create it, using technology and data.
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Peter Thiel’s quest to find the key to eternal life
Peter Thiel, 47, revels in being a contrarian. The billionaire co-founder of PayPal and investor in Facebook has set up a fellowship program that encourages kids to drop out of college, has given millions of dollars to Ron Paul’s PAC and has started an organization dedicated to the world’s first floating city out of reach of any government on Earth. But the idea he’s most passionate about is using technology to extend human life far beyond what it is now and all the biological...
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Of mice and old men: is the elixir of youth finally coming of age?
It is generally accepted as one of life’s unfortunate, but inevitable facts: we might be able to disguise the wrinkles for a time, but ageing will get us all in the end. Except scientists are now questioning whether it has to be thus, or whether age is simply another disease that might one day be conquered. American researchers have suggested that the elixir of eternal youth – or at least extended middle age – may be on the horizon.
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New class of drugs dramatically increases healthy lifespan, mouse study suggests
Scientists have identified a new class of drugs that in animal models dramatically slows the aging process -- alleviating symptoms of frailty, improving cardiac function and extending a healthy lifespan.
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Does this beach paradise hold the secret to long life?
In Nicoya, Costa Rica, people live longer, healthier lives. What's their secret?
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Partying since 1898: World's oldest person celebrates 117th birthday in Japan
A lot has changed since 1898, and no one knows that better than Misao Okawa. The world's oldest person — she has seen the turn of two centuries — is set to turn 117 years old on Thursday.
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In Short-Lived Fish, Secrets to Aging
Turquoise killifish last no more than a few months, giving researchers a faster way of learning more about the mechanics of getting older.
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Robear robot care bear designed to serve Japan's aging population
The way Robear was designed allows its joints to be faster and more responsive, to have softer movements and to be able to lift and help patients in a safe and comfortable manner. "We really hope that this robot will lead to advances in nursing care, relieving the burden on caregivers today," says Toshiharu Mukai, leader of the Robot Sensor Systems Research Team. "We intend to continue with research toward...
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How Silicon Valley is trying to cure ageing
Humanity has long been in search of the mythical Fountain of Youth, from Alexander the Great to knights of the Crusades. But now Silicon Valley scientists believe they are on the cusp of discovering the cause of ageing, which will help them achieve the unthinkable: find a cure. Earlier this year, doctor and investor Joon Yun launched the Palo Alto Longevity Prize, offering $1 million (£650,000) to anyone who could “hack the code of life” and come up with a way to keep us young.
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Does a Real Anti-Aging Pill Already Exist?
One afternoon in the early 1980s, Suren Sehgal brought a strange package home from work and stashed it in his family’s freezer. Wedged beside the ice cream, it was wrapped in heavy plastic and marked, “DON’T EAT!” Inside were several small glass vials containing a white paste—all that remained of a rare bacterium that today is the foundation of the most promising anti-aging drug in decades. Sehgal had been studying it since 1972, when he’d first isolated it in a soil sample at Ayerst...
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Why testosterone is the drug of the future
The sleeves on Dr. Paul Campion’s maroon shirt are rolled back, revealing paisley cuffs, a passel of bracelets on his right wrist, and an elegant watch on his left. His knick-knacks rest in wooden cubbies behind him: a conch shell, a decanter, an ostrich egg, a Japanese warrior sculpture, two beakers, and a molecular model of glucose. At 56, he’s in better shape than he was in his 30s. He flips through pictures on his iPhone 6 showing me the belly he carried three years ago, before he began..
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Scientists successfully slow ageing and increase lifespan of mice
For the first time ever, scientists have successfully modified the expression of a particular gene in mice to not only increase their lifespan, but also slow the rate at which they age.
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Telomere extension turns back aging clock in cultured human cells, study finds
Researchers delivered a modified RNA that encodes a telomere-extending protein to cultured human cells. Cell proliferation capacity was dramatically increased, yielding large numbers of cells for study.
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Live forever: Scientists say they’ll extend life ‘well beyond 120’
In Palo Alto in the heart of Silicon Valley, hedge fund manager Joon Yun is doing a back-of-the-envelope calculation. According to US social security data, he says, the probability of a 25-year-old dying before their 26th birthday is 0.1%. If we could keep that risk constant throughout life instead of it rising due to age-related disease, the average person would – statistically speaking – live 1,000 years. Yun finds the prospect tantalising and even believable. Late last year he launched...
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As Europe Goes Gray, Business Must Tackle Taboos About Aging
A boom in the number of older Europeans could spell big business for companies that cater to their changing needs - if they can tackle taboos and overcome outdated views.
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How Much Can You Really Change After You Turn 30?
Research suggests that though we change a lot in adolescence and our early twenties. This slows down once we enter adulthood.
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Health and Retirement study indicates people wildly underestimate how long they will live
The University of Michigan conducted a poll back in 1992, asking 26,000 men and women over the age of 50 and living in the U.S. what they thought about their chances of living to age 75, was it 10 percent, 50, 100? It was all part of a Health and Retirement survey conducted to shed some light on what people were doing about saving for retirement in light of news that social security might not be the safety net many people have been hoping for. Now, 22 years later, researchers with the...
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Japanese team unveils blood test regimen to detect Alzheimer’s before symptoms appear
A group of Japanese experts announced Tuesday they have developed a blood test measure to detect signs of Alzheimer’s disease before patients show symptoms.
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What Speeds Up Aging
Why do our bodies age at different rates? Why can some people run marathons at the age of 70, while others are forced to use a walker? Genes are only part of the answer. A trio of scientists from the University of North Carolina argue in a new paper that more work needs to be done on "gerontogens" - factors, including substances in the environment, that can accelerate the aging process.
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Scientists reverse ageing process in mice
Scientists from Harvard and the University of New South Wales say they have discovered how to reverse the ageing process. The research has focused on mice, but early clinical trials have also been conducted on humans. The scientists said they switched youthful genes on and older genes off, using naturally occurring proteins and molecules. Professor of genetics at Harvard and UNSW, David Sinclair, led the research team.
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