A Philadelphia Magazine article from earlier this year starts out in a similar vein to the recent New York Magazine piece on calorie restriction, but becomes more astute closer to the end: ''While much of anti-aging research and its recent genetic breakthroughs is closely related to well-heralded advances in diseases like cancer or Alzheimer's, ...

South Korea, battling the effects of an aging population, plans to spend more than US$20 million over the next 10 years to discover the secrets of staying young. The investment is aimed at keeping older people economically active for a longer period to compensate for the country's rock-bottom birth rate. By 2016, the Ministry of ...

The Technology Review's Emerging Technologies Conference kicks off on the 27th. While it covers a wide range of technology, some of the speakers are involved in aging and healthy life extension research. ''Leonard Guarente has been on the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1981, currently as the Novartis Professor of ...

(From the Methuselah Foundation Blog). Three new members of The Three Hundred have pledged their support to the Methuselah Foundation and longevity research since Peter Thiel's $3.5M donation was announced. The latest Three Hundred member has pledged $250,000! He says: ''Over the course of all human events, there never has been any time so ...

Peter A. Thiel, co-founder and former CEO of PayPal, has pledged $3.5 million in support of scientific research into the alleviation and eventual revers...

The Methuselah Foundation has received its second seven-figure donation: $3.5 million from Peter Thiel. ''Rapid advances in biological science foretell of a treasure trove of discoveries this century, including dramatically improved health and longevity for all. I'm backing Dr. de Grey, because I believe that his revolutionary approach to aging ...