Aging & Longevity News and Discussions

[Yuli Ban]

[wjfox]

Metabolism peaks at age one and tanks after 60, study finds

10 hours ago

Middle-aged spread cannot be blamed on a waning metabolism, according to an unprecedented analysis of the body's energy use.

The study, of 6,400 people, from eight days old up to age 95, in 29 countries, suggests the metabolism remains "rock solid" throughout mid-life.

It peaks at the age of one, is stable from 20 to 60 and then inexorably declines.

Researchers said the findings gave surprising new insights about the body.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-58186710

[caltrek]

Some Key Mental Abilities Seem to Improve as We Get Older, Proving Aging Isn't All Bad
by Carly Cassella
August 21, 2021

https://www.sciencealert.com/aging-isn- ... -get-older

Introduction:

(Science Alert) The human mind is more resistant to the march of time than conventional wisdom suggests. Like a fine wine, some parts even get better with age.

As our brains inevitably grow older, some of our mental power is destined to fade, like spatial visualization or our mind's processing speed. Yet research has found there are other mental abilities that can improve with time, such as vocabulary and verbal comprehension.

New research among 702 participants aged 58 to 98 has now identified two fundamental brain functions that seem to get stronger as we get older...

caltrek's comment: Full disclosure - I am 66 years old

[wjfox]

[raklian]

Aubrey had something to say about this. He concurs that the board's decision to separate him was necessary, but he wants to explain what actually happened that led to this.

[wjfox]

Jeff Bezos is reportedly funding Altos Labs, a new anti-ageing venture aiming to cheat death

Sep 6, 2021

While Elon Musk is working on improvements to Tesla’s autopilot features and teaching a monkey how to play Pong with its mind, Jeff Bezos—his now well-known nemesis—is allegedly partaking in yet another futuristic venture, one that could soon allow humans to live longer. Introducing Altos Labs, a biological reprogramming tech company currently looking into a variety of methods that could help reverse the ageing process.

As of now, the company has raised more than $270 million in funding thanks to massive donations from people all over the world who are banking on the company’s promise, Bezos included. Bezos is said to have a fairly long-standing interest in longevity research, and he previously invested in an anti-ageing company called Unity Biotechnology. Another investor, along with the richest man in the world, is Russian-Israeli entrepreneur Yuri Milner, as reported by the MIT Technology Review.

https://screenshot-media.com/the-future ... ti-ageing/

[Yuli Ban]

[wjfox]

[wjfox]

[wjfox]

Covid has wiped out years of progress on life expectancy, finds study

Mon 27 Sep 2021 00.01 BST

The Covid pandemic has caused the biggest decrease in life expectancy in western Europe since the second world war, according to a study.

Data from most of the 29 countries – spanning most of Europe, the US and Chile – that were analysed by scientists recorded reductions in life expectancy last year and at a scale that wiped out years of progress.

The biggest declines in life expectancy were among males in the US, with a decline of 2.2 years relative to 2019 levels, followed by Lithuanian males (1.7 years).

Life expectancy losses exceeded those recorded around the time of the dissolution of the eastern bloc in central and eastern Europe, according to the research, led by scientists at Oxford’s Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science.

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Last week, the Office for National Statistics estimated that life expectancy for men in the UK had fallen for the first time in 40 years because of the impact of Covid-19. A boy born between 2018 and 2020 is expected to live until he is 79, down from 79.2 for the period of 2015-17, according to the ONS.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/202 ... inds-study

[Ken_J]

aren't we talking about just the fact that in a population of 100 people, when more than usual die in a given year they number goes down. This does not effect your individual lifespan, outside of an increased risk of being killed by the virus. if your life was on course to go to 98 years in 2018, provided you don't die of covid, or other emergency for which treatment is not available due to the pandemic, you will still most likely have the same 98 years.

this is that old bugbear of averages don't tell you the situation of individuals. like ten people with a net worth of $1 and 1 person with a worth of 1 trillion means the average person in the group of 11 people is super rich.

[Ken_J]

fountain-of-youth-in-blood

https://www.popsci.com/health/fountain- ... G-G-71GIAU

[wjfox]

[wjfox]

Surprised nobody posted about this yet.

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New foundation will distribute $1bn for aging research

1st October 2021

A consortium of biotech founders, clinicians, and leading longevity research institutions has this week announced the launch of the Longevity Science Foundation.

The new foundation, based in Switzerland, has committed to distributing more than $1 billion over the next ten years to research, institutions and projects advancing healthy human longevity and extending the human lifespan.

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The Longevity Science Foundation will identify and target the most promising longevity research developments and groups around the world. It will focus on projects in four major areas: AI, personalised medicine, predictive diagnostics, and therapeutics. The Foundation is seeking to fund projects that can make a tangible difference in people's lives as soon as possible – perhaps even within five years.

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"In five years, healthy longevity will not only exist as a lab-proven concept, but will become part of everyone's life," said Andrea Maier, Visionary Board member and co-director of the Centre for Healthy Longevity at the National University of Singapore.

In addition to the "low hanging fruit" of these first-generation treatments, the Longevity Science Foundation will target groups working on more ambitious and longer-term approaches, such as cellular reprogramming.

"They are of equal importance for us," said Garri Zmudze, Executive Coordinator, in an interview with Lifespan.io. "We do, therefore, urge the groups working on 'decades away' approaches to consider us to support them."

https://www.futuretimeline.net/blog/202 ... meline.htm

[wjfox]

[erowind]

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[andmar74]

I have been thinking about how old people considers young people.
Recently, I passed some youngsters playing soccer ( I can't write football then you misunderstand). I thought: if I try to move as them, I will certainly get injured. Compared to me they were some kind of superhumans. I'm 47 and in reasonable shape.

Let's say you are 80, frail, slow moving, slow thinking, slow everything. How will healthy, fit humans in their 20's appear to you? Like some alien super species. Even worse, you know you have been like them when you were young. You can't avoid feeling sub-human. We can't end our lives like that, we need anti-aging therapies.

[wjfox]

[andmar74]

Sinclair is turning into a celebrity health troll.