There has never been a better time to live longer and healthier than today. In the past two decades, we learned more about aging and health than in the two thousand years prior (read about the "main causes of aging" here). However, we are currently being...
Cells communicate with each other in many ways. Cells continuously secrete thousands of different substances such as metabolites, DNA, RNA, proteins, peptides, hormones, neurotransmitters, vesicles, and lots of other things, reaching other cells, impacting...
Producing stem cells from other persons would be a major step forward. Usually, stem cells are made from cells from your own body. Taking a cell from your body, like a skin cell, and converting it into a stem cell is a time-consuming and very expensive process....
Progeria is often called a disease of accelerated aging. Patients mostly die of a heart attack at age 13, looking frail and old with bald heads, a wrinkled skin, a beaked nose, tin lips and tired looking eyes. It’s a very rare disease, afflicting about 1 in 8 million...
The older we get, the more our brains are susceptible to brain shrinkage. This shrinkage is accompanied by a steady cognitive decline, meaning difficulty to concentrate, forgetfulness or difficulty in retrieving words. However, research has shown that this brain...
4 grams of DNA can store all the data in the world. Each person will generate enough health data in their lifetime to fill 300 million books. The cost of a lab-grown burger has dropped from 330 000 USD to 10 USD in six years time. Only 3 percent of healthcare...
Bringing longevity into the public eye is not an easy thing. There are many misconceptions about aging, like that aging is way too complex to do something about it, or that aging at best can just be slowed down. So how improve the public debate about aging, and...
This is the top 12 of the most important future developments that will transform our society (in no particular order): Self-driving cars Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Machine Learning Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality / Mixed Reality Robotics 3D printing Drones...