In 2005 Technology Review announced that it would award $20,000 to any geriatric researcher that could show that Aubrey de Grey’s SENS project was “so wrong that it was unworthy of learned debate.” Five attempts were made to win the prize. Three submissions were found to be acceptible for consideration. None of the three won. […]

Turns out it loves me back: Curcumin is an inexpensive dietary supplement that offers powerful protection for aging brains. It has been used as a food additive for thousands of years in the East as the active ingredient in turmeric, or yellow curry spice. Recently, curcumin’s many benefits are being uncoverd by Western and Eastern […]

Via Fight Aging!, here’s a well-thought-out analysis from George Dvorsky on what the SENS Challenge might mean for the future of aging research: So, my pre-interpretation of the judge’s decision should they vote against SENS is that they will likely take issue with the inner working of SENS and de Grey’s methodology. And as I […]

That’s really the argument, when you get right down to it: I do not see why the “death is meaningful” folks should get to decide the lifespans of those who disagree. As far as I am concerned, people who want to die are welcome to do so, but those who would rather stay around longer […]

Or maybe you should eat less fish. Or maybe eating fish puts you at greater risk for one particular heart problem, but overall makes you less likely to have heart problems in the first place. Or maybe it’s not a good idea to generalize. Anyhow, I sure like fish. What were we talking about?

Well, here’s a development: In the study of Alzheimer’s disease, the smallest steps forward have sometimes led to the most exciting breakthroughs. In the case of a recent study from Novato’s Buck Institute, it’s a molecular step forward — specifically, modifying a single amino acid in the brains of lab mice that could prevent the […]

This very simple test reveals a lot: If you can walk a quarter-mile, odds are you have at least six years of life left in you, scientists announced today. And the faster you can do it, the longer you might live. While walking is no guarantee of health or longevity, a new study found that […]

Here’s some really encouraging news: The National Center for Health Statistics reports that “the age-adjusted death rate reached a record low 801.0 per 100,000 U.S. standard population. This value is 3.8 percent lower than the 2003 rate of 832.7.” Read the whole thing. Check out the graph showing the rapid decline in death; it’s dropping […]

Most medical research is done by trying to prevent people dying. And Aubrey says we should simply extend this into ageing. Actually, now, we are in a situation of being able to harness what comes from the basic biomedical research to try to devise a better way to age. And if that leads to life […]

Reason at Fight Aging! has a follow-up to Stephen’s post from earlier this week: Advocacy is certainly a spectrum – it’s quite possible to be supporting efforts to obtain large-scale funding for the Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence (SENS) with one hand, while trying to dispel widespread and elementary myths with the other. Still, one […]