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Current figures of 6.5 million Americans aged 65 or older with Alzheimer’s disease are set to almost double by 2050 according to the Alzheimer’s association. The severity of this issue has already been recognised, Dr Robert Reinhart is working to create treatments to help those with brain disorders such as Alzheimer’s. In a recent study, [...]
Ageing is inevitable, there are factors in your life you can change to help to slow the ageing process, but currently there is no way of stopping it completely. However, this could be about to change. Rapamycin is currently the most promising anti-ageing drug, known for having positive effects on health and life span in [...]
A new study shows that early detection of age related diseases could be done from the comfort of your own home. The researchers hope that their results could help in the future to help with longevity and quality of life for seniors, as well as elevate increasing pressure on the healthcare system. This study was [...]
LongevityTech.Fund is now accepting new investors with a maximum fund size of US$100m. With this second funding, LongevityTech.fund aims to support early stage longevity startups with high growth potential. Closing in October 2022, the second fund follows a first one concluded with over 40 investments, including one exit and one IPO placing the company firmly [...]
A new study has found that older people feel comfortable and included in NHS digital services. Despite fears that older people may be forgotten in the face of new technology, researchers from Gemserv proved the opposite. They quizzed 2,000 patients across the UK and examined attitudes towards accessing NHS services over two years after the [...]
Andrew Davies, CEO of RWG Mobile, discusses how preventing long-term conditions through technology-enabled care is essential to reducing the care gap. The COVID-19 pandemic changed not only the way we live our day-to-day lives, but the way we view and use healthcare. The belief that the best care was provided face-to-face and involved a mandatory [...]
The network has announced the winners who will be supported in the creation of new innovative startups. Winners of the emergency entrepreneur award are Liam Maaskant, co-developer of a walker with an elevating seat to give adults greater independence at home, and Anika Munn, co-creator of a smart monitoring system to help older adults feel [...]
The company has closed a $5 million Series A round bringing its total funding to $8 million. The funding round was led by SpringTide, a Boston-based health tech-focused venture capital firm, with the participation of Cardinal Health, a global manufacturer and distributor of medical and laboratory products. RxLive is an award-winning UK pharmacy that offers [...]
AgeTech World explores the Yamanaka factors and their relation to healthy ageing. The Yamanaka factors are a group of protein transcription factors that play a vital role in the creation of induced pluripotent stem cells. Induced pluripotent stem cells are a type of pluripotent stem cell that can be generated directly from a somatic cell. [...]
Paul Berney, CMO at Anthropos, explores how connected care technology can improve older people's lives. Within Connected Care, we are all working towards the same goal; enabling older people to maintain their independence for longer. One way of achieving this is by pioneering new technologies that support better understanding of the needs of older people. [...]
