Longevity Social Media and Updates

Exercise Slows DNA Methylation Aging, Review Finds
SocialJun 21, 2026

Exercise Slows DNA Methylation Aging, Review Finds

Physical activity and biological age measured by DNA methylation clocks: a systematic review and meta-analysis https://t.co/gtAub5negp

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
Build Muscle and Nutrition Before Relying on Semaglutide
SocialJun 20, 2026

Build Muscle and Nutrition Before Relying on Semaglutide

Semaglutide may slow biological aging, but so do the fundamentals. Before you reach for the injection, build muscle, optimize hormones, eat real protein, and fix the inputs that drive longevity. The goal isn't just losing weight—it's staying strong while you...

By Dave Asprey
Obesity Speeds Biological Aging: A Geroscience Roadmap
SocialJun 20, 2026

Obesity Speeds Biological Aging: A Geroscience Roadmap

Obesity and biological aging across the life course: A geroscience framework for metabolic health https://t.co/gRRL1Oakdw https://t.co/SK1YrVcmXM

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
Targeted Supplements Boost Molecular Health for Aging
SocialJun 20, 2026

Targeted Supplements Boost Molecular Health for Aging

Targeted Supplementation and Nutritional Strategies for Healthy Aging: A Review of Physiological and Molecular Benefits https://t.co/u5QUHR3HiC

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
Glycine & NAC Boost Brain Health, Reduce Frailty
SocialJun 20, 2026

Glycine & NAC Boost Brain Health, Reduce Frailty

Glycine and N-acetylcysteine supplementation, with or without exercise, in brain health and functional aging: implications for sarcopenia and frailty in older adults https://t.co/ptIWI0PHKz https://t.co/UA425kYfkI

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
Glucosamine May Accelerate Memory Loss in Alzheimer’s Brains
SocialJun 19, 2026

Glucosamine May Accelerate Memory Loss in Alzheimer’s Brains

Before you take a supplement every day, it is worth asking one simple question: 🔎 What does it do in a vulnerable brain? 🧠 A new Nature Metabolism study raises that question about glucosamine, a supplement many people take for joint pain....

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
Consistent Bedtimes Boost Longevity More Than Sleep Hours
SocialJun 19, 2026

Consistent Bedtimes Boost Longevity More Than Sleep Hours

New in Sleep: how regular your bedtime is may matter more for longevity than how many hours you log. (1/5)

By Robert Lufkin, MD
Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Reversing Aging
SocialJun 19, 2026

Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Reversing Aging

New paper on gene therapies in longevity and aging 🧬 Gene therapies have enormous potential to treat age-related diseases, target aging and extend lifespan. We discuss recent advances and remaining challenges in gene therapies for aging, highlighting promising targets, delivery strategies, and...

By João Pedro de Magalhães, PhD
Psilocybin Shows Promise for Aging-Related Inflammation Disorders
SocialJun 18, 2026

Psilocybin Shows Promise for Aging-Related Inflammation Disorders

Psilocybin in Older Adults: Therapeutic Opportunities in Inflammation-Driven Disorders of Aging-From Depression to Neurodegeneration https://t.co/Aoz0iNFwJ3 https://t.co/SMm2i7Tw6Q

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
AI Predicts Six New Lifespan‑extending Drugs
SocialJun 18, 2026

AI Predicts Six New Lifespan‑extending Drugs

Can we use machine learning to predict longevity drugs? 💊 In our updated preprint led by @AlekseyVBelikov we trained ML models on compounds in the DrugAge database that extend lifespan in mice. Features associated with longevity drugs included receptors for neurotransmitters,...

By João Pedro de Magalhães, PhD
APOE Ε2 Variant Boosts Longevity and Cognitive Resilience
SocialJun 17, 2026

APOE Ε2 Variant Boosts Longevity and Cognitive Resilience

Longevity and cognitive resilience in a Colombian family carrying the APOE ε2 variant https://t.co/NiDOqChNNB https://t.co/Pj6hV9t3zA

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
Scientists Test Cellular Reprogramming to Reset Human Aging
SocialJun 17, 2026

Scientists Test Cellular Reprogramming to Reset Human Aging

For years, I've said aging is a software problem, not just a hardware problem. Now, for the first time, scientists are testing cellular reprogramming in humans to reset the body's biological instructions and potentially reverse aspects of aging. The question isn't whether...

By Dave Asprey
Glucosamine: Brain Health Determines Longevity Benefit
SocialJun 17, 2026

Glucosamine: Brain Health Determines Longevity Benefit

Glucosamine -- taken by millions for creaky knees -- looked like a longevity drug for years, with a 15% lower risk of death in the UK Biobank. But a new 2026 study flipped that story: the same pill, same dose,...

By Robert Lufkin, MD
Sleep Decline Reveals Integrated Metabolic, Inflammatory, Circadian Aging
SocialJun 17, 2026

Sleep Decline Reveals Integrated Metabolic, Inflammatory, Circadian Aging

Sleep deterioration as a systems-level readout of aging biology: integrating metabolic, inflammatory and circadian mechanisms https://t.co/6G13bnNuK6 https://t.co/W6JIKN9DFP

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
Fasting May Preserve Vascular Health as We Age
SocialJun 16, 2026

Fasting May Preserve Vascular Health as We Age

As we age, our blood vessels age too—and that may drive many age-related diseases. This review discusses how #IntermittentFasting and #TRE could help keep blood vessels healthier for longer. https://t.co/RqERn5QXud https://t.co/WkhHxlRikl

By Satchin Panda
Cellular Aging Signatures in Blood Predict Disease Risk
SocialJun 16, 2026

Cellular Aging Signatures in Blood Predict Disease Risk

Plasma proteomic signatures of cellular aging predict human disease “🔘 We observed that 20–25% of individuals exhibited accelerated aging in a single cell type and 1–3% in 10 or more cell types. 🔘 Cellular aging signatures were associated with disease status...

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
Aging ECM Drives Senescent Cell Buildup and Persistence
SocialJun 16, 2026

Aging ECM Drives Senescent Cell Buildup and Persistence

The aging extracellular matrix as a missing link in senescent cell accumulation and persistence https://t.co/ENVIiUn0Dl https://t.co/mhznrNkFsX

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
Nanomedicine Targets Senescent Cells to Combat Aging
SocialJun 16, 2026

Nanomedicine Targets Senescent Cells to Combat Aging

Translational nanomedicine strategies for selective senescent cell clearance in aging and age-related diseases: a critical review https://t.co/fxuHAOkKSs

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
Life Bio Achieves First Clinical Milestone for OSK Therapy
SocialJun 16, 2026

Life Bio Achieves First Clinical Milestone for OSK Therapy

Life Bio reaches first clinical milestone for OSK therapy 🏥 “The longevity field has spent much of the past decade debating whether aging can be modified at the level of cellular identity itself. Now, one of the sector’s most closely watched...

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
Community Connection Is Essential Medicine for Longevity
SocialJun 15, 2026

Community Connection Is Essential Medicine for Longevity

Something I’ve realised over the past few years: You can do everything “right” with diet and exercise, but if you’re lacking connection, something feels missing. Feeling part of a community not only makes everyday life feel better, but the biological...

By Ollie Whitby | Health Scientist
UAE's $8 Trillion Healthy‑Ageing Market Opens Investment Opportunities
SocialJun 15, 2026

UAE's $8 Trillion Healthy‑Ageing Market Opens Investment Opportunities

Dubai Longevity Authority: Investment opportunities in UAE’s $8 trillion healthy ageing market 💫"We firmly believe that every scientific breakthrough should deliver tangible benefits to people's lives, and that serving humanity will always remain the ultimate purpose of every investment in science,...

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
Omega‑3, Vitamin D, and Exercise Trim Biological Age
SocialJun 15, 2026

Omega‑3, Vitamin D, and Exercise Trim Biological Age

Supplementing with omega-3 fatty acids slows biological aging. Combining omega-3s with vitamin D and exercise has an additive effect, translating to ~3 months of slowed biological aging. These were the results of the 3-year-long DO-HEALTH study, which @prof_horvath believes is one of...

By Rhonda Patrick, PhD
NMN Boosts NAD+, Reviving Cellular Repair in Humans
SocialJun 14, 2026

NMN Boosts NAD+, Reviving Cellular Repair in Humans

NAD+ is the currency your cells spend to repair themselves. When NAD+ drops, your cells stop fixing damage. You age faster. Newer human trials prove what I've been testing for years. NMN raises NAD+ levels in real people. Not mice, not...

By Dave Asprey
90‑119 Min Weekly Resistance Training Cuts Mortality Risks
SocialJun 14, 2026

90‑119 Min Weekly Resistance Training Cuts Mortality Risks

New in the British Journal of Sports Medicine: 90-119 minutes a week of resistance training is associated with a 13% lower risk of dying from any cause -- and 27% lower neurological disease mortality. (1/4)

By Robert Lufkin, MD
SuperAgers' Brains Generate Twice as Many New Neurons
SocialJun 14, 2026

SuperAgers' Brains Generate Twice as Many New Neurons

Twenty-five years of Northwestern's SuperAger Program produced one of the most counterintuitive findings in modern neuroscience. SuperAgers, adults over 80 with the memory of people three decades younger, generate new hippocampal neurons at roughly twice the rate of typical older adults....

By Robert Lufkin, MD
Eight Years of Aging Biology, 40 Simple Rules
SocialJun 14, 2026

Eight Years of Aging Biology, 40 Simple Rules

I study the biology of aging. 🧬 This is it. Everything I’ve learned over 8 years - in 40 simple rules ↓

By Ollie Whitby | Health Scientist
Shared Blood Metabolite Patterns Predict Lifespan in Dogs and Humans
SocialJun 13, 2026

Shared Blood Metabolite Patterns Predict Lifespan in Dogs and Humans

Dogs and humans showed similar metabolite patterns linked to earlier or later death. The signals came from broad metabolic fingerprints in blood, but they do not show what is causing the outcome. aging

By Phys.org Threads
Cut Seed Oils, Boost Health with Stable Fats
SocialJun 13, 2026

Cut Seed Oils, Boost Health with Stable Fats

If you're chronically inflamed, look at the fats you're eating. Seed oils flood your body with omega-6 linoleic acid. Your cells turn that into arachidonic acid. Arachidonic acid drives inflammation. I have seen thousands of people remove seed oils and watch...

By Dave Asprey
Mitochondrial Transfer Advances Stem Cell Therapies
SocialJun 13, 2026

Mitochondrial Transfer Advances Stem Cell Therapies

The progress of mitochondrial function and transfer in stem cell regulation and therapy https://t.co/rltLeBPkHU https://t.co/WreIarDoAo

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
Spermidine Reduces Immune Aging, Enhances Vaccines in Elders
SocialJun 13, 2026

Spermidine Reduces Immune Aging, Enhances Vaccines in Elders

Spermidine Mitigates Immune Cell Senescence and Boosts Vaccine Responses in Healthy Older Adults—A Pilot Study https://t.co/0bDkrx4Dbe

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
Tiny Tweaks in Sleep, Activity, Diet Extend Lifespan
SocialJun 13, 2026

Tiny Tweaks in Sleep, Activity, Diet Extend Lifespan

Minimum combined sleep, physical activity, and nutrition variations associated with lifeSPAN and healthSPAN improvements: a population cohort study https://t.co/5q1WnJhN78

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
New Epigenetic Clocks Reveal Faster Aging in Disadvantaged Groups
SocialJun 13, 2026

New Epigenetic Clocks Reveal Faster Aging in Disadvantaged Groups

Faster biological aging was consistently tied to lower socioeconomic status and discrimination across 140 studies. The pattern was strongest in newer epigenetic clocks, while older measures captured far less. aging

By Phys.org Threads
Longevity: Measurable, Influenceable, Reversible Aging Factors
SocialJun 12, 2026

Longevity: Measurable, Influenceable, Reversible Aging Factors

Honored to speak at Harvard about longevity and the science of extending healthspan. For decades, we've treated aging as something that happens to us. Today, we're learning that many of the factors that drive aging are measurable, influenceable, and in...

By Dave Asprey
DNMT3A Mutations Drive Hyper‑methylation, Accelerating Age‑related Diseases
SocialJun 12, 2026

DNMT3A Mutations Drive Hyper‑methylation, Accelerating Age‑related Diseases

Getting to the root of age-related diseases. By studying a rare accelerated aging genetic disorder, gain-of-function mutations of DNMT3A were found to be causal. DNA hyper-methylation was then linked to stem cells dysfunction and multiple age-related diseases (blood, bone, metabolic). Work...

By Eric Topol
One Gene Can Halt Cellular Aging, Hinting at Reversal
SocialJun 12, 2026

One Gene Can Halt Cellular Aging, Hinting at Reversal

Scientists like Hayflick once viewed replicative senescence as a complex, multifactorial form of cellular wear and tear. So when a single gene manipulation (telomerase expression) was shown to prevent replicative senescence, it came as a surprise. Aging is more...

By João Pedro de Magalhães, PhD
Aging Linked to Loss of Cellular Information, Not Damage
SocialJun 12, 2026

Aging Linked to Loss of Cellular Information, Not Damage

NEW PREPRINT: Scientists may have found direct evidence that aging is driven by the loss of cellular information, not just the accumulation of damage For decades we've focused on what aging cells accumulate. This paper focuses on what they lose:...

By David Sinclair, PhD
Vitamin K2 Directs Calcium to Bones, Protects Arteries
SocialJun 12, 2026

Vitamin K2 Directs Calcium to Bones, Protects Arteries

You take calcium and vitamin D for your bones thinking that’s the end of the story. Vitamin D helps your body absorb calcium from food and move it into your bloodstream. But once calcium is in circulation, your body still has to...

By Dave Asprey
Cycling Cuts Epigenetic Age by Seven Months
SocialJun 12, 2026

Cycling Cuts Epigenetic Age by Seven Months

Consistent endurance exercise may be one of the most powerful ways to slow down biological aging. Six months of cycling (about 4.5 hours/week) reduced GrimAge by 7 months relative to the expected trajectory of normal aging. GrimAge is an epigenetic clock...

By Rhonda Patrick, PhD
From Self-Optimization to Collective Joyful Longevity Raves
SocialJun 12, 2026

From Self-Optimization to Collective Joyful Longevity Raves

From self-optimization to collective joy at scale By @TinaWoods 🏆 Note for readers: Dr. Woods is not only a global thought leader on healthspan, the exposome, & joyspan, she is also a talented DJ. Her “Longevity Rave” events come highly recommended 🪩 https://t.co/D0vRHnvjc4...

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
Metformin Restores NCoR1, Delays Primate Gut Aging
SocialJun 11, 2026

Metformin Restores NCoR1, Delays Primate Gut Aging

The aging gut, mapped at single-cell resolution in primates. NCoR1 decline = barrier failure + chronic inflammation + stem cell lineage shift away from absorptive cells. Metformin restores NCoR1 and delays intestinal aging in NHPs. Li et al., Nature Aging 2026 https://t.co/OLdXp99EiG

By Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD
Epigenetic Drift and Stress Trigger Senescence, Accelerating Aging
SocialJun 11, 2026

Epigenetic Drift and Stress Trigger Senescence, Accelerating Aging

Nice review about how epigenetic drift and cell stress can cause cellular senescence to drive aging and disease https://t.co/40OXfSTDhV

By David Sinclair, PhD
Daily Multivitamin Slows Brain and Biological Aging
SocialJun 11, 2026

Daily Multivitamin Slows Brain and Biological Aging

A daily multivitamin can reduce brain aging and modestly slow down epigenetic aging clocks. In the COSMOS trial, older adults who took a standard Centrum Silver multivitamin daily for about 4 years performed better on cognitive tests and showed the equivalent...

By Rhonda Patrick, PhD
Seeking Advice on Epithalon and BPC Use Abroad
SocialJun 11, 2026

Seeking Advice on Epithalon and BPC Use Abroad

OK @AbudBakri let’s just say I have a friend flying to EU from CA for 21 day work stint & wanted to explore (confirmed clean) epithalon & bpc use, what should I tell them? Hypothetically of course. No obligation to...

By Andrew Huberman – Huberman Lab
Unlocking Biohacking Science for Longevity and Performance
SocialJun 10, 2026

Unlocking Biohacking Science for Longevity and Performance

I sat down and chopped it up good with @SecKennedy on “The Science of Biohacking, Longevity, and Human Performance” https://t.co/FTqoziiIal

By Ben Greenfield
Age Doesn't Have to Mean Decline: Boost Performance
SocialJun 10, 2026

Age Doesn't Have to Mean Decline: Boost Performance

If you don't feel like you did 10 years ago, it's time to stop accepting age-related decline as normal. Performance, energy, and resilience can improve with age when you learn how to work with your biology instead of against it. My conversation...

By Dave Asprey
Aged Blood NAD Irrelevant; Organ Levels Matter
SocialJun 10, 2026

Aged Blood NAD Irrelevant; Organ Levels Matter

The naysayers saw no change in blood NAD levels with age (something we’ve known for yrs) and concluded an entire field is wrong We’re treating organs not blood, and aged NAD levels are irrelevant to whether therapies work Beware of commentators...

By David Sinclair, PhD
Renowned Cardiologist Exposes Longevity Industry’s Empty Promises
SocialJun 10, 2026

Renowned Cardiologist Exposes Longevity Industry’s Empty Promises

A bestselling cardiologist just took apart the longevity industry by name, and he started with the supplement in your kitchen. Eric Topol, MD has spent his career in medical research. His new book "Super Agers" carries over 1,800 citations. He...

By Kevin Pho, MD
First Human Trial of Cellular-Reprogramming Eye Therapy
SocialJun 10, 2026

First Human Trial of Cellular-Reprogramming Eye Therapy

World-first: therapy to make cells young again trialled in a person A participant in a landmark clinical trial has been given a cellular-reprogramming treatment that aims to rejuvenate damaged cells in the eye. By Heidi Ledford | @heidiledford @Nature https://t.co/OlrhvNuXVC https://t.co/MfHAQdX3fm

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
First Reverse‑aging Drug Administered to Human
SocialJun 10, 2026

First Reverse‑aging Drug Administered to Human

The first-ever reverse-aging drug was just injected into a human Featuring @lifebiosciences @M_S_Ringel and @davidasinclair, with interviews by Daniel Oliver @rejuvenatebio, @mkaeberlein, @BKennedy_aging, and many more.👨‍⚕️ By @Hilarx @BusinessInsider🗞️ https://t.co/vdxr1geDzM https://t.co/sL2Ts1IjPA

By David Barzilai, MD PhD