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Browse the latest research, analysis, and insights on healthspan, lifespan, and the longevity industry.

Two men in white Longevity Minds T-shirts stand in front of Tokyo Tower

Longevity Minds Launches a Tokyo Community Built Around Aging

Shuzo Yamamoto and Satotaka Omori are building a Tokyo community of scientists and builders around aging, in a country where nearly 30 percent of people are already over 65.

Editorial Team · Sep 25, 2026 · 4 min read

lifespan / news

Avaí Bio and Austrianova Present an Encapsulated-Cell Approach to α-Klotho

At the Second Annual Klotho Conference, the companies described implanted cells, protected inside Austrianova’s Cell-in-a-Box capsules, that are meant to secrete α-Klotho over a long period.

Anton Dalsätt · Sep 24, 2026 · 3 min read

A bowl of Prolon’s Next Gen butternut squash soup with a spoon

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L-Nutra Marks 10 Years of Prolon and Closes an $83.5 Million Series D

The Los Angeles company says two recent human trials found that its fasting-mimicking diet induced autophagy and lowered biological age by an average of 2.5 years after three cycles.

Anton Dalsätt · Sep 24, 2026 · 3 min read

The Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Novato, California, seen from the courtyard

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Buck Institute Will Use Oracle Health Data to Build an Intrinsic Capacity Score

The Novato institute is applying more than 122 million de-identified longitudinal records to an ARPA-H effort to measure vitality and spot age-related decline earlier.

William Ferreira Andrén · Sep 23, 2026 · 3 min read

Insilico Medicine graphic for the Longevity Vaccines research program

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Insilico Launches Longevity Vaccines Research to Clear Early Drivers of Aging

The program uses generative AI and circular mRNA to design single-dose, self-limiting therapies that direct a patient’s own T cells against the cells that start age-related disease, beginning with the immune system.

Anton Dalsätt · Sep 15, 2026 · 4 min read

lifespan / news

BioViva Secures a U.S. Patent for an hTERT and Follistatin Gene-Therapy Approach

U.S. Patent No. 12,653,907 covers methods that combine hTERT and Follistatin-344 for age-related disorders, including approaches tied to telomere length, muscle mass, and blood glucose.

Anton Dalsätt · Sep 10, 2026 · 3 min read

lifespan / news

Calorie Restriction Reduced DNA Mutations Across the Mouse Genome

Mice fed 30% fewer calories carried fewer DNA mutations in several tissues, with the largest drop in the liver and in the quietest parts of the genome, a Cell study from NYU Langone reports.

William Ferreira Andrén · Sep 9, 2026 · 3 min read

Insilico Medicine graphic for the Nature Biotechnology paper on rentosertib and proteomic aging clocks

lifespan / news

Rentosertib Linked to a Younger Proteomic Age in an IPF Trial

Six proteomic aging clocks, applied to blood samples from a Phase IIa study of Insilico’s AI-designed lung-fibrosis drug, each pointed toward a lower predicted biological age in treated patients.

William Ferreira Andrén · Sep 7, 2026 · 5 min read

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lifespan / news

Late-Life Semaglutide Extended Lifespan in Older Female Mice

An NIH-funded study at UC Berkeley found that older female mice given the GLP-1 drug lived a median of nearly 100 days longer than untreated mice, and outperformed a matched calorie-restricted group on memory and blood sugar.

William Ferreira Andrén · Sep 2, 2026 · 3 min read

healthspan / news

Human Longevity Offers 30x Whole-Genome Sequencing for USD 599

The company’s Genomics for All service sequences a person’s complete genome and uses an AI-powered app to report inherited risks, drug-response markers, and new interpretations as the science changes.

Anton Dalsätt · Aug 4, 2026 · 5 min read

CIRQA Smart Band: The screen-free health and fitness tracker from Garmin

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Garmin Launches CIRQA, a Screen-Free Health and Fitness Band

Garmin’s first screenless smart band offers round-the-clock health and activity tracking, up to 10 days of battery life, and access through Garmin Connect without a Garmin subscription.

Editorial Team · Aug 1, 2026 · 3 min read

business / news

Function Secures $450M Growth Financing From General Catalyst

The preventive-health platform says the backing from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund will help it bring lab testing, medical imaging, and personalized health data to millions more people.

Editorial Team · Jul 31, 2026 · 3 min read

healthspan / news

Signal Ring Opens Preorders for a Cuffless Blood-Pressure Wearable

The investigational USD 399 smart ring is designed to take on-demand and background blood-pressure readings without a cuff or calibration, with initial shipments planned for October.

Editorial Team · Jul 29, 2026 · 4 min read

business / news

Eli Lilly to Acquire AtaiBeckley for up to $3.8B, Betting Big on Psychedelic Medicine

The pharma giant is buying the clinical-stage biotech behind BPL-003 — a synthetic 5-MeO-DMT for treatment-resistant depression — in a deal that pushes psychedelic therapy firmly into the mainstream drug industry.

Editorial Team · Jul 17, 2026 · 1 min read

business / news

Czech Medtech HTG Medical Wins EU Certification and Passes €1M to Automate ICU Care

The HTG Urogram automates one of the ICU's most mundane hourly tasks — measuring a patient's urine output — and feeds it straight into hospital systems. Now CE-marked and past €1M in funding, the startup is heading for global markets.

Anton Dalsätt · Jul 16, 2026 · 4 min read

business / news

Neko Health Raises $700M Series C Ahead of US Launch

The preventive-scanning company co-founded by Spotify's Daniel Ek has raised one of European health tech's largest-ever rounds — backed by Lightspeed and a long list of high-profile names including Mark Zuckerberg — as it prepares to open in New York.

Editorial Team · Jul 15, 2026 · 4 min read

business / news

Beckham-Backed Supplement Brand IM8 Secures $1 Billion Financing from General Catalyst

Prenetics has landed up to $1 billion to fuel its supplement brand IM8 — but the structure is the story: no equity, no dilution. General Catalyst funds the marketing and takes a capped slice of the revenue it generates.

Editorial Team · Jul 15, 2026 · 4 min read

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Functional-Drinks Brand Reformed Raises $22M Series A to Enter the US

The UK startup turns instant coffee and matcha into functional-wellness products — with collagen, creatine, and mushrooms mixed in. Two years in, it says it's already at ~$70M in annual revenue.

Editorial Team · Jul 10, 2026 · 3 min read

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Anthropic Launches "Claude Science," an AI Workbench Aimed at Biology and Drug Discovery

The company behind Claude has released a research environment that pulls genomics, proteomics, and cheminformatics tools into one place — and is offering academic labs up to $30,000 in credits to try it.

Editorial Team · Jul 1, 2026 · 4 min read

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business / news

Anodyne Nanotech Raises $12.6M Series A to Take a Once-Weekly GLP-1 Patch into Human Trials

The Boston biotech wants to replace the GLP-1 injection with a room-temperature patch — no needles, no cold storage. Its Series A funds the first clinical test of that idea.

Editorial Team · Jun 30, 2026 · 3 min read

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Neko Health Adds Body Composition and Wearables to Its Full-Body Scan

The preventive-health company co-founded by Spotify's Daniel Ek is now measuring visceral fat and pulling in Apple Health data, pushing its one-hour scan further into everyday health tracking as it prepares to enter the US.

Editorial Team · Jun 27, 2026 · 3 min read

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business / news

A new syndicate, Peers Capital, launches to fund preventive health at the earliest stage

The investor group is backing pre-seed and seed founders across diagnostics, recovery, and longevity through a deal-by-deal model — and they have already closed its first investments

William Ferreira Andrén · Jun 26, 2026 · 4 min read

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business / news

Insilico Medicine Signs AI Drug-Discovery Deal With SK Biopharmaceuticals Worth Up to $2.5 Billion

The AI-driven biotech will run target-to-candidate discovery for neuroimmune disorders, while its Korean partner takes the molecules through late-stage development - Insilico's largest potential deal in Asia-Pacific to date.

Editorial Team · Jun 24, 2026 · 4 min read

Three views of a warm-lit medical scanning facility with curved walls and water features

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Midjourney Launches a Medical Division and a 60-Second Full-Body Scanner

The AI image company is moving into healthcare with "Midjourney Medical" — an ultrasonic whole-body scanner it plans to offer through its own wellness spas rather than clinics, starting in San Francisco in 2027.

Editorial Team · Jun 20, 2026 · 5 min read

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Life Biosciences Doses First Patient in Landmark Trial of Cellular-Reprogramming Therapy for Vision Loss

ER-100 is one of the first attempts to take partial epigenetic reprogramming — resetting cells to a "younger" state — from the lab into a human trial. The first patient has now been dosed.

Editorial Team · Jun 10, 2026 · 4 min read

Two Fund Longevity demonstrators holding signs calling for aging research funding

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Longevity advocates to rally in 15 cities, demanding governments treat aging as a medical emergency

The April 8 coordinated action calls for dedicated public funding and a regulatory pathway for anti-aging therapies, two things that currently do not exist anywhere in the world.

Editorial Team · Apr 6, 2026 · 4 min read

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healthspan / opinion

What Longevity Actually Means

Two Goals, One Word, What Does Longevity Mean?

William Ferreira Andrén · Feb 24, 2026 · 4 min read