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TECregen has raised CHF 10m [£9,300,000] in seed financing to develop therapies aimed at rejuvenating the thymus, a gland that produces immune cells. The Basel-based biotechnology company is developing biologics designed to revitalise thymic epithelial cells, which support T-cell production. T-cells are a type of white blood cell crucial for immune function. The thymus shrinks [...]
Corsera Health has raised US$80m in Series A funding to develop preventive RNAi medicines and AI tools to predict and prevent cardiovascular disease. The Boston-based company has begun dosing patients in a Phase 1 clinical trial of COR-1004, a drug designed to lower cholesterol by silencing PCSK9, a gene that regulates LDL cholesterol in the [...]
Captify won AARP’s AgeTech pitch at CES, taking US$10,000 for captioning glasses that show real-time subtitles for people with hearing loss. San Francisco-based Captify beat four other AgeTech firms at the 2026 AgeTech After Dark event. The glasses show captions in the wearer’s field of view and are claimed to be 98 per cent accurate, [...]
The longer someone has type 2 diabetes, the higher their cardiovascular disease risk, and changes in red blood cells may help explain it, new research suggests. The study found red blood cells from patients with long-term diabetes harmed blood vessel function, while no such effect was seen in those newly diagnosed. After seven years of [...]
Routine vaccines for adults may reduce dementia risk, a review of more than 100 million people suggests. The research found both flu and shingles vaccines were associated with a lower risk in adults aged 50 and over. The shingles (herpes zoster) jab was linked to a 24 per cent lower risk of any dementia and [...]
Higher intake of some food preservatives is linked with increased risks of type 2 diabetes and cancer, two studies suggest. The findings were based on diet and health data from more than 100,000 French adults in the NutriNet-Santé study between 2009 and 2023. Of 17 preservatives analysed individually, higher consumption of 12 was associated with [...]
Weaker, fragmented body clocks are linked to higher dementia risk, new research suggests. The study also found that people whose activity levels peaked later in the day, rather than earlier, faced a higher risk. Circadian rhythm is the body’s internal clock, regulating the 24-hour sleep-wake cycle and other processes including hormones, digestion and body temperature. [...]
We round up the latest ageing and longevity investment news. Regenerative cellular medicine company Celularity Inc has secured a US$10m financing package to support its healthy-ageing innovations. The NASDAQ-listed business which focuses on addressing age-related and degenerative diseases secured the financing from Philip Barach, co-founder and former president of US investment house DoubleLine Capital. “This [...]
UK adults consume as much salt as 155 crisp packets a week, raising risks of heart failure, diabetes and dementia. The NHS advises adults to eat no more than 6g of salt a day, about a teaspoon, including salt already in foods and any added. However, most adults consume around 8.4g daily, about 40 per [...]
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared an automated brain fluid device designed to help ease intensive care nursing shortages. Seattle-based BrainSpace said its Intellidrop system integrates hardware and software to enable continuous brain pressure measurement and closed-loop, gravity-driven drainage of cerebrospinal fluid, the liquid that surrounds and cushions the brain and spinal [...]
