Julie
Translation by Julie
Communication & content manager for Long Long Life
Trichostatin A: an antibiotic to mimic caloric restriction
Trichostatin A (TSA) is an antibiotic and antifungal isolated from small bacteria, Streptomyces. It is a specific inhibitor of certain classes of enzymes, histone...
Vitamin K: a supervitamin against neurodegenerescence
A little-known but central vitamin
Vitamin K is known in several forms, K1 (phylloquinone), K2 (menaquinone) and K3 (menadione). Vitamin K1 is mainly involved in...
Spermidine against neural cell aging
Spermidine against neural cell aging
Spermidine is a molecule synthesized by humans, which plays an important role in regulating autophagy. For some years now, it...
Senolytics: the war on senescence is on!
Senolytics against cellular aging
Discovered in 2015 by a team from the Mayo Clinic and the Scripps Research Institute (USA), senolytics are making a lot...
Part 4: Towards a metrology of aging with telomeres
Measuring aging: Telomeres as witnesses of physiological age
Telomere length is a very precise tool to determine the physiological age of our cells and organs.
Located...
Controlling brain aging by strengthening lysosomes
Controlling brain aging by strengthening lysosomes
In a recent publication in Science magazine, Stanford University researchers found that quiescent neural stem cell activation could be...
“What if we stopped human aging?” Transhumanist TEDx by Guilhem Velvé...
TEDx conference: Transhumanism and aging
Guilhem Velvé Casquillas, former researcher, multi-entrepreneur and dedicated transhumanist, shares with us his conviction that the current technological revolution in...
Undoing Aging 2018: an initiative to remember
Undoing Aging 2018: an initiative to remember
The very first Undoing Aging Congress was held from 15 to 17 March 2018 in Berlin, and was...
Aspirin: your oldest anti-aging medicine!
The benefits of aspirin on inflammation to cancer
Aspirin is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that acts on cyclooxygenases (COX), enzymes involved in the synthesis...
EGCG: green tea for longevity!
EGCG: long name, multiple indications
It goes by the scientific name epigallocatechin gallate, but we will simplify by EGCG. This green tea extract has been...