The latest on Methuselah, health span research, and regenerative medicine
Swedish researchers identified a molecule that can stimulate the production of insulin-producing cells in zebrafish and mammalian tissue. Their findings suggest science may be taking its first steps toward curing diabetes, a serious disease that affects 1 in 10 Americans and annually costs the United States about $327 billion in medical costs and lost work and wages.
Read MoreThe 96-year-old queen is being honored with parades, a concert, and various other celebrations to recognize her record-setting reign. Elizabeth is officially the longest-reigning monarch in the United Kingdom, outlasting her great, great grandmother, Queen Victoria, by nearly seven years.
Read MoreScientists at ESA’s European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) artificially produced a piece of bone to test new bioprinting techniques. The point of the work was to find ways to give astronauts on extended missions access to what the agency’s website calls “spare parts” needed for bone or skin grafts, and even complete internal organs.
Read MoreWe are proud to announce that we are taking our mission to a new platform: Discord. We encourage you to visit our Elongevity Discord and join the conversation. We want to build an incubator for ideas and discussion for people who share our passion for longevity, cryptocurrency and space. And we’d be thrilled to see you there!
Read MoreVarious reports are providing further evidence that the longevity movement is having a positive impact on overall life expectancy and on scientific research aimed at curing diseases that were previously thought to be incurable.
Read MoreA new study shows that manipulating a single protein may offer the life-extending value of calorie restrictions – without actually cutting calories.
Read MoreAn Endpoints News story recently explored a seeming disconnect between Altos Labs’ stated goals and what one of its noted researchers, Juan Carlos Izpisua, told the Spanish newspaper El Pais. He said that the world will be able to “predict, prevent and treat diseases and aging” within two decades.
Read MoreScientists are searching for ways to extend the healthy human lifespan, but an Alabama researcher thinks they’re studying the wrong animals in their quest for longer life.
Read MoreA new article in Digital Journal suggests that crypto, which is changing how commerce is conducted, may soon begin transforming how the larger world works, as well. We’re proud that the example it cites is Dogelon Mars’ ($ELON) collaboration with Methuselah Foundation taking the critical first step towards interplanetary space travel.
Read MoreAmericans want to live longer, but are split on whether government should make public health a priority.
Read MoreThe Methuselah Fund or M Fund is mission-oriented and was conceived after successful angel investments by the Methuselah Foundation. The M Fund's investment thesis is based on six strategies aimed at increasing healthy longevity and its current portfolio includes four exciting companies.
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