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Uncovering the Mysteries of Human Aging to Prevent and Cure Disease

What happens to our cells as we age? Can we reverse aging at the cellular level to delay or prevent age-related diseases, improving human health and longevity? For Dr. Bianca Migliori, who is fascinated with leveraging technology to speed the discovery of cures for rare and major diseases, these are…

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Striking Gold: The Application of Catalytic Gold Nanocrystal Technology to Therapeutic Development for Alzheimer’s and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases

As society advances towards a healthier future, a key component in ensuring public health is the development of therapeutics to treat neurodegenerative diseases. Cutting-edge discoveries in nanotechnology hold enormous promise for combatting age-related neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease),…

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Changing the paradigm: Moving from an episodic to a digital and continuous health care system

As a society, we have rapidly transitioned into a world of digital know-how. Every day digital technologies have the opportunity to revolutionize our lives. Today, nearly every smartphone or smartwatch has the capacity to produce 1 million measurements per day for every person on earth, but most of this data

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Understanding Brain Resiliency to Improve the Experience of Aging

By Olivia Ramirez The brain has vast and innumerable complexities in its structure and function. Dr. Michael McConnell is one of the scientists working to better understand the brain and more specifically why some brains retain full function despite showing signs of Alzheimer’s disease post-mortem. McConnell has always been interested…

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Using Biological Age to Detect and Mitigate Chronic Disease

By Olivia Ramirez Dr. Vineet Raghu set out to pursue a career in medicine when he began attending the University of Pittsburgh. But, two years into his undergraduate studies, he took a computer science course and his plans changed. Raghu developed a passion for computational genomics, the process of using…

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Facilitating Connections Between Older Adults to Help Others and Themselves

By Olivia Ramirez As a long-distance family caregiver to his 87-year-old mother, Claude Goodman understands the concerns many families have about aging loved ones who are often living at a distance — and, increasingly, in isolation. Concerns like, Is my loved one taking their medicine every day? Are they socializing? …

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Forever Young in Virtual Reality? Virtual Embodiment for Real-World Healthy Longevity

By: Olivia Ramirez WASHINGTON, DC (December 4, 2020) – In 2015, a series of terrorist attacks in Paris, France shook a country to its core. At the time, Dr. Alexandra Ivanovitch, CEO of EQLab, was a research fellow in digital humanities at the Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires in Paris and…

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3 Scientists Who Could Change Your Golden Years

During the first round of the Healthy Longevity Global Competition Catalyst Awards, numerous applications were submitted with ideas to extend human healthspan and improve the experience of aging. From hundreds of applications, 21 National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Catalyst Awardees were identified. Three of these awardees, Dr. Alessandro Biffi, Nathan…

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NIA announces awards to foster healthy longevity innovations in low-income settings

Aligned with the U.S. National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Healthy Longevity Global Competition initiative launched in 2019, NIA has announced seven Innovations to Foster Healthy Longevity in Low-Income Settings awards. This new NIA support is aimed at improving the functioning and quality of life for older adult populations, particularly…

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Apply Now for a Healthy Longevity Catalyst Award

Starting today, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) will accept applications from researchers, innovators, and entrepreneurs from all backgrounds for the NAM Healthy Longevity Catalyst Awards. Applications will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday, February 24 through the website of the American Federation for Aging Research. Individuals and teams…

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