Model: C57BL/6J mice 
Dosage: Eating only within an 8-hour window and fasting for 16 hours (~20% caloric deficit may be required)

Restricting food intake for 16 hours a day improves the health of female mice and moderately prolongs the life of male mice. 

The principal investigators of the study (from left to right): Dr. Carla Green, Dr. Victoria Acosta-Rodriguez, and Dr. Joseph Takahashi (image: dallasnews.com). 

Aging &amp; Longevity

New Framework Uncovers 21 Existing Drugs with Pro-Longevity Potential

A new gene network-based framework predicts the potential of existing drugs to confer pro-longevity effects.

A new gene network-based framework predicts already-approved repurposable drugs that may either confer pro-longevity benefits or age-accelerating effects.

Model: 699 European adults with an average age of 63.11 years

Longest Aging Clock Study to Date Shows Robust Improvement in Mortality Risk Prediction

A new study provides evidence that using aging clocks based on molecular tagging patterns on DNA (epigenetic aging clocks) to take multiple age readings across time outperforms taking single measurements in predicting mortality.

(The study’s principal investigator, Luigi Ferrucci | LinkedIn)

An Institute for Research on Aging study provides evidence that using epigenetic aging tests at multiple time points predicts mortality better than a single measurement.

Epigenetics

Model: Old male mice
Dosage: 100 mg/kg/day of ALA administered in drinking water

Restoring the naturally occurring antioxidant, alpha-lipoic acid (ALA), to the gut wall rejuvenates stem cells and counters age-related gut degeneration in mice and human models. 

Images of miniature intestines developed from intestinal stem cells. 

Peter Fedichev’s Physics-Based Approach to Aging: A New Longevity Framework

Peter Fedichev describes aging as a three-variable system of stress (from physical, psychological, or molecular stressors), noise (small random biological fluctuations), and damage (cumulative wear-and-tear).

Peter Fedichev has proposed a physics-based framework for aging, encompassing stress, noise (small random biological fluctuations), and damage (cumulative wear-and-tear).

Search Result: Lifespan Extension

16-Hour Intermittent Fasting Improves Health and Longevity, New Study Confirms

New Framework Uncovers 21 Existing Drugs with Pro-Longevity Potential

Longest Aging Clock Study to Date Shows Robust Improvement in Mortality Risk Prediction

Alpha-Lipoic Acid Rejuvenates Stem Cells & Improves Gut, New Study Shows

Peter Fedichev’s Physics-Based Approach to Aging: A New Longevity Framework