October 26, 2023 | Issue #74

Hey! How are you keeping your brain young? 

In this week's newsletter:🧠 Brain Care for Longevity 💰 LyGenesis Lands $19M🌐 Tongue Shows Your Health?   

10 Ways to Improve Cognitive Function

Did you know that dementia, which is incurable and currently counts for over one third of all deaths in seniors, may be preventable? Would you change some of your habits, to improve cognitive function, if research showed that you could prevent dementia? There is an ever expanding body of research that suggests there are a variety of simple measures that one can take to prevent dementia.You may already be doing some, or all of these simple practices that stimulate, protect, and exercise your body and brain. As you age, the odds of someone being diagnosed with dementia dramatically increases, which is why prevention is all the more important.Let’s dive into the ways you can avoid becoming a victim to a disease that over 13 million people will have in the US by 2050...

Confirmed speakers for the Longevity Summit 2023 include:

• George Church, PhD: Professor, Harvard University

• Kristen Fortney, PhD: CEO & Co-founder, BioAge Labs

• Steve Horvath, PhD: Principal Investigator, Altos Labs

• Nikolina Lauc: CEO, GlycanAge

• Eric Verdin, MD: CEO/President, Buck Institute

• Daisy Robinton, PhD: CEO & Co-founder, Oviva Therapeutics

• Spring Behrouz, PhD: Co-Founder & CEO, Vincere Bio

• Omri Amirov-Drory, PhD: CEO & Co-founder, Renewal Bio

• Many more... 

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• The National Institute on Aging is hiring a Senior Program Manager APPLY HERE.

• Browse thousands of jobs in the longevity industry, updated daily, in Spannr's new Jobs database HERE. 

• LyGenesisannounced it has raised more than $19M in a Series A-2 financing round led by Prime Movers Lab, with follow-on funding from Juvenescence. This funding round will enable LyGenesis to complete its Phase 2a clinical trial and advance its pipeline of cell therapies.

• Explore Spannr's Longevity Investor database HERE.

• Window to true health is your tongue: AI revives 2,000-year-old practice to diagnose diseases (StudyFinds)

• Seal It With a Handshake and a… Cold Plunge? The Hot New Way to Do Business. (WSJ)

• Some scientists seriously believe we could live forever by the 2030s. Here's what you need to know about the 'longevity escape velocity' theory. (Insider)

• Golden Retriever Longevity Gene Linked to Longer Lifespan (Technology Networks)

• TikTok’s Doctor Mike says you can over-optimize your health in the name of longevity. Here’s his best advice for living longer (Fortune)

• World's oldest dog ever dies - as owner reveals secret to his long life (Sky News)

• What Is My Biological Age? I Took These Tests to Find Out (WSJ)

• I’m the oldest woman in the world but I have NO health problems… now scientists think I may hold the key to immortality (The Sun)

• Lululemon founder Chip Wilson takes 2 popular longevity drugs — and flies to Mexico for stem cell injections — to try to stave off his muscular dystrophy (Insider)

• This $1,000 Test Finds Signs of Cancer in Your Blood (WSJ)

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