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21 Bio-Inspired Gifts for the 2022 Holidays
Attention all nature lovers, foodies, design aficionados, futurists, self trackers, bionerds and anyone who cares about the future of health: It’s time again for our roundup of the cool bio products...
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Sarcopenia: What a Waste
Even if you don’t know his name, you’ve probably seen a photo of Mike Schultz. The 45-year-old nurse and bodybuilder lost 50 pounds during a 57-day hospital stay after he was diagnosed with COVID-19...
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2023 Predictions—the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Early January each year brings us the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, followed by the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, and a little bit later, the World Economic Forum in...
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The Lure of Self Experimentation
Self-experimentation is likely as old as science itself. And while modern institutional review boards pride themselves on stamping out unethical experiments, they haven’t tamped down the curiosity...
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Restricting calories in rats, dogs, and other animals leads to longer lifespans. But in a frustrating puzzle for scientists, we hadn’t yet shown the same is true for humans, even though lower calorie...
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The “Stepping Stone” Approach to Getting Longevity Drugs to Market
The silver tsunami is coming. By 2050, the number of people in the world over the age 60 will double, making up a fifth of the world’s population. Two-thirds of them will live in low-income and...
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Human Organs Age at Different Rates
Age is not as simple as a single number—it’s far more nuanced. Two people of the same chronological age could be wildly different, with one being in great health and the other sickly. Even within a...
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Are You Getting Enough Flavanols?
Could consuming something as simple as flavanols—naturally occurring antioxidants present in foods such as green tea, apple peels, strawberries, dark chocolate, and cocoa—prevent cognitive decline as...
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Gene Therapies for Eternal Youth
Imagine a not-so-distant future, when a 60-year-old man named John Doe goes to the doctor to replace a faulty gene or insert a whole new gene into his body—something that cures his diabetes, for...
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Old People Are Hot Now
Do you look better than what your parents looked like at your age? Probably. It’s a widespread phenomenon. In fact, it’s a meme. The Wilford Brimley line is a concept on the internet whereby...
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