Longevity in the News: Gene therapies have already reversed aging in mice
George Church: Gene therapies have already reversed aging in mice
The Longevity Summit Dublin is bringing together leading entrepreneurs, companies, investors, and researchers in the field of longevity to address many of the hot-button topics affecting longevity. One of those speakers is Harvard professor of genetics and so-called “father of genomics” George Church who will be giving a keynote on gene, cell, and organ therapies for de-aging.
Scientists make ‘breakthrough’ DNA discovery in ‘key to living longer’
According to a study published in the journal Nature, a new type of telomeric DNA structure has been discovered.
South Korea uses 3D bioprinting to engineer organs at scale
A research team at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in South Korea has developed a method for engineering organs at scale using bioprinting. The findings from the study were recently published in the international journal Trends in Biotechnology: Cell Press.
Bluebird Bio’s gene therapy for brain disease receives accelerated approval
Bluebird Bio Inc.’s gene therapy for a brain-wasting disease, Skysona, received accelerated approval from U.S. regulators. The approval allows Somerville, Massachusetts-based Bluebird to introduce its gene therapy under the condition it provides long-term data to prove the treatment’s benefit.
Longevity breakthrough as scientists discover how to reverse aging in skeletal muscle
Researchers have developed new ways to study and potentially reverse the cellular mechanisms that cause mitochondrial diseases and premature aging.
Study Finds RNA Metabolism Crucial to the Regulation of Longevity
The Max Planck Institute for Biology of Aging in Cologne has discovered that worms live longer when certain RNAs are processed differently during RNA maturation. This finding could be an additional way for organisms to control the aging process.