Longevity science should aim higher than healthspan
Live Forever Club - 10-Oct-2026Researchers argue that extending lifespan should be recognised as a legitimate goal of ageing research
Ageing Research
Fundamental ageing research used to be a slow, unexciting, area of academia, with all the big names and money looking at specific diseases. But now that people have realised that most age-related diseases have a shared cause (aging, who'd have thought it?) it's becoming big business. Private money is being invested in biotech start-ups, which is great, but there is still plenty of basic (and by that I don't mean simple) research to do to increase our understanding of the very complex products and processes of ageing.
Sometimes I prefer to call this "anti-ageing research" - because nobody is researching how to speed it up!A note on spelling - Ageing or Aging?
According to Cambridge Dictionary: UK = ageing, US = aging
Being a UK-based club, the preference is to spell it with an "e" - but as most publications use the US version (and it's quicker to type!), realistically, it is used interchangeably throughout the site.
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Ageing Research News
DoNotAge conference 2026
Live Forever Club - 02-Oct-2026Some interesting research using supplements whose quality scientists trust for clinical trials
Mapping the mutations that could hold the key to genetic disease
Scientific American - 08-Sep-2026DeepMind’s AI atlas predicts the impact of billions of DNA changes
Insilico Medicine introduces an AI virtual cell that includes biological age
Insilico Medicine - 14-Aug-2026These models could eventually help them test ideas for new treatments
Ageing Research Resources
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João Pedro de Magalhães
Professor of Molecular Biogerontology at University of Birmingham Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, consultant, futurist, speaker
75th Annual Scientific Meeting of the BSRA (2026)
09-Sep-2026
A compelling lineup of speakers from all areas of the biology of ageing (Oxford, UK)
International Longevity Summit Madrid 2026
30-Sep-2026 to 01-Oct-2026
World-renowned experts will present their ideas and research on the science of longevity (Madrid, Spain)
ARDD 2026 - 13th Aging Research and Drug Discovery Meeting
01-Oct-2026
Event about latest progress in the molecular, cellular and organismal basis of aging organised by Harvard University (Boston, MA, USA)
SENS Research Foundation
Non-profit organization focused on transforming the way the world researches and treats age-related diseases
27-Mar-2024
Measuring the hallmarks of ageing – how can you track the underlying causes of ageing?
What consumer tests are available to check your hallmarks of ageing and how they're impacting your body?
24-Jan-2024
Meet the Omes
The biology of ageing looks at way more than just the genome and microbiome - here's 20 to start with!
06-Dec-2023
Exponential growth in ageing research
How the observation and understanding of smaller and smaller biological units has improved ageing research and medicine
30-Aug-2023
Where were the UK longevity companies and researchers at Dublin summit?
Absolute numbers look good, but for the size and proximity of the venue, it could have done better
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Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs), Ageing Research, Autophagy, Biochemistry, Bioelectricity, Cell Biology, Circadian Rhythm, DNA, Epigenetics, Glycobiology, Human Biology, Immunosenescence, Immunotherapy, Inflammaging, Longevity Genes, Proteomics, SENS
