I found something Elon Musk & I agree on: pushing back on anti-aging bluster

by rss feed | Feb 28, 2024 | anti-aging, News Feeds

Would you guess that Elon Musk might be into using biotechnology in a high-profile way to try to live far longer than usual, say to age 150? That would have been my assumption. There are countless things about Elon Musk that I really don’t like. I also...

Weekly reads: brain aging, perinatal stem cell clinics, $1M lab meat fine bill

by rss feed | Feb 18, 2024 | anti-aging, brain aging, News Feeds, weekly reads

What happens during brain aging and how can we tell if dementia is coming? Are there particular early hallmarks? There are an increasing number of medical tests for predicting or detecting dementia. Alzheimer’s disease can often be detected early. But what do...

Can trying to cheat death paradoxically kill you sooner?

by rss feed | Dec 7, 2023 | anti-aging, DIY gene therapy, News Feeds, senolytics

Can you paradoxically kill yourself early by trying to cheat Death? For example, die through risky anti-aging approaches? The question came to mind because such longevity efforts have become more extreme. They also get more hype in the media. I’ve been following...

Biological age, health flexing, & stabs at rejuvenation

by rss feed | Oct 26, 2023 | anti-aging, biological age, Fact-check, Health Flexing, News Feeds, telomere length testing

We all know people who seem far younger than their age, which feeds into the idea of biological age. It’s often in the news these days and all over social media. Some people who are fighting high-profile battles with aging are also doing something I call...

Is DNA methylation destiny? Diving into new epigenetic clock research

by rss feed | Aug 16, 2023 | anti-aging, epigenetic clock, News Feeds, Steve Horvath

I’ve been thinking more about the steady stream of epigenetic clock research out there.  How convincing is the research on such clocks? Do they tightly relate to human biological age?  The related notion of turning back such hypothetical clocks to reverse aging...

Some surprises from new analysis of Altos Labs papers

by rss feed | Aug 2, 2023 | Altos Labs, anti-aging, News Feeds

Altos Labs is an intriguing multi-institution experiment in so-called rejuvenation research all rolled into one biotech. This relatively new entity headquartered in California has multiple Nobel laureates in the biomedical field in leadership. Even more importantly it...