Bryan Johnson’s “Clone”: Where the Sci-Fi Ends and the Science Begins

The biohacker says his “newborn” clone could supply young blood, test experimental treatments, and eventually grow replacement organs.

(Bryan Johnson says he’s cloned himself, which could supply young blood, help test experimental treatments, and eventually grow replacement organs. | Futurism)

Aging &amp; Longevity

Finalist Teams Awarded $1 Million in XPrize Healthspan Contest to Transform Healthy Aging

The XPrize Healthspan—which will split $101 million among teams developing therapeutics to restore muscle, cognitive, and immune function in older adults—has named 10 teams receiving $1 million each.

(XPrize announced the finalists for its XPrize Healthspan competition | XPrize)

The XPrize Healthspan competition has named its top 20 finalist groups that will submit their aging intervention therapies for human trial testing.

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Model: Old (17- to 19-month-old) C57BL6 mice </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dosage: 14 mg/mg/day of rapamycin in food for 5 months </span></p>


A purported longevity drug, rapamycin, alters immune cells associated with cancer and reduces brain inflammation in mice. 

Immunity

How to Slow Aging: 7 Tips from a Danish Aging Expert

Danish aging expert Morten Scheibye-Knudsen shares seven ways to slow aging, including taking NR (nicotinamide riboside) and the diabetes medication metformin.

(Professor Morten Scheibye-Knudsen | BBC Science Focus)

Danish aging expert Morten Scheibye-Knudsen does things like taking NR and metformin to slow his biological aging

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Bryan Johnson’s “Clone”: Where the Sci-Fi Ends and the Science Begins

10 Finalist Teams Awarded $1 Million in XPrize Healthspan Contest to Transform Healthy Aging

Rapamycin Elevates Immune Cells That Can Battle Cancer Cells, New Study Shows

How to Slow Aging: 7 Tips from a Danish Aging Expert

Dasatinib and Quercetin Delay Early-Onset Disc Degeneration in Mice