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A new UK-led research consortium has been formed to tackle one of the biggest challenges currently facing the world: healthy ageing. The global partnership will bring together six UK organisations and 14 US and Canadian institutions to explore how humans age, with the aim of developing new interventions to support healthy ageing. UK Research and [...]
The Buck Institute for Research on Aging and Phenome Health are joining forces in the quest to understand the biology of ageing. Phenome Health, a Seattle-based nonprofit research organisation, uses a data-driven approach to health and disease that integrates diverse types of biological big data. The new Center for Phenomic Health at the Buck will [...]
The International Longevity Summit Africa 2023 (ILS Africa) brought together world-leading experts to explore opportunities and challenges on the continent's path towards longevity and healthy ageing. Held from 23-24 August, experts in the fields of longevity, biotechnology, transhumanism and policy met for ILS Africa which shone a spotlight on the continent's potential in the global [...]
More than two-thirds (67%) of GPs in the United Kingdom would like to be able to prescribe assistive technology to their dementia patients, according to new research. The Longevity.Technology poll found family doctors were especially keen to see more tech designed to help patients to maintain their independence. Nearly nine in 10 (88%) GPs think [...]
Digital healthcare company, Vivante Health, has announced the closing of $31 million in Series B funding to develop its platform focused on the management of digestive conditions. The latest investment was led by new investor Mercato Partners, and brings the total capital raised by Vivante to date to $47 million, following a $16 million Series [...]
A new venture capital firm, built on the foundation of The Longevity Fund, will help advance its mission funding the next generation of companies focused on extending healthy lifespan. Venture capital firm, Age1, launched this month with a view to helping fund founder-led longevity biotech companies advancing new therapeutics, tools, and technologies targeting ageing and [...]
A further funding injection brings the company one step closer to launching its hormone-free formulations to help manage hot flashes, anxiety and low testosterone levels. Rebalance Health has successfully secured a further $7.37 million in funding following a Series C round, bringing its total raised to around $19 million. The funding will help the company [...]
A North American digital health company is looking to extend the commercial reach for its pioneering diagnostic platform, developed to identify patients suffering from a potentially fatal sleep disorder common among older adults. Chicago-headquartered Sibel Health received US Food and Drug Administration clearance in July 2022 for its ANNE Sleep tool created to help doctors [...]
German medtech firm AIRAmed has received FDA clearance for AI software which targets the early detection of dementias. The medical image management and processing system provides relevant brain volumetry data to assist physicians in early detection of Alzheimer’s and other dementias. AIRAscore uses deep learning and artificial intelligence (AI) technology to provide quantitative assessment of [...]
A leading expert on ageing has said society needs to stop thinking of older people in terms of “us versus them” and reassess the often negative language used when talking about the over-65s. Trish D’Antonio, the executive director of the US National Center to Reframe Aging, said one of the most widespread terms employed when [...]
