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Looking Within for a Treatment to Aging-Related Disease

January  21, 2016

Tony Wyss-Coray studies the impact of aging on the human body and brain. In this eye-opening talk, he shares new research from his Stanford lab and other teams which shows…

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What was THE medical breakthrough in modern history?

January  17, 2016

PROJECT M asked Jay Olshansky from the School of Public Health, University of Illinois, Chicago: What was THE medical breakthrough in modern history? Illustrations by Christoph Illigens.  

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A Trial for the Ages: The Metformin Study

January  17, 2016

Metformin, an FDA approved first-line drug for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, has known beneficial effects on glucose metabolism. Evidence from animal models and in vitro studies suggest that…

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New Research Seeks to Add More Healthy, Productive Years of Life – For Canines

January  09, 2016

Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle Healthy Aging and Longevity Research Institute have embarked on a new research regimen to determine the effects of potential drugs on optimizing…

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FDA Approves Metformin for New Cancer Trials

January  08, 2016

Some exciting research from the University of Montreal has found that the drug metformin, commonly prescribed for diabetes and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), has the potential to reduce multiple cancers…

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Public Education

December  29, 2015

“The Critical Need to Promote Research of Aging and Aging-related Diseases to Improve Health and Longevity of the Elderly Population” Aging and Disease, International Society on Aging and Disease (ISOAD),…

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Policy Research

December  29, 2015

Areas of Policy Research and Development Key Priorities Connect our Fellows to the new $1.8 billion annual NIH fund for Cures currently under congressional approval through the 21st Century Act,…

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