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I had a fun conversation with Ira Pastor about Longevity issues. See/hear it here.

Congratulations to Ryan Bethencourt on a great CNBC interview. I’m a proud investor! http://https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2019-09-13/wild-earth-ceo-sees-rising-demand-for-plant-based-pet-food-video?fbclid=IwAR3w8h239gmbx7HVeUASdqqrBQnR22mkxZiCMCgmrguyABGHUYXJQSav_e4

I had a great time giving the dinner keynote at the Senior Living 100 conference tonight. There were lots of impressive entrepreneurs at this conference who are helping longer-lived people live great lives (including the amazing Carrie Shaw of Embodied

Hello, Health System 100 participants! Looking forward to seeing you tonight.

Very happy to contribute with an article to The Gurubook. Insights from 45 pioneering entrepreneurs and leaders on #strategy and #innovation.

Lisa Mosconi, Assoc. Director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medical, makes the case that declining hormones may be to blame for higher rates of Alzheimer’s in women. Read it here. From her article: “In the next three

From Scientific American: “Minuscule blobs of human brain tissue have come a long way in the four years since scientists in Vienna discovered how to create them from stem cells. The most advanced of these human brain organoids — no

From Gizmodo: “Every generation has had its breakthrough that promised to, at long last, finally cure cancer, but this time around the chances of actually pulling it off are looking pretty good. Rapid advancement in fields like genetics have led

“New research from Alphabet’s life science company, Verily, and Google shows that one day there might be a far easier test to determine risk of heart disease. Researchers were able to find new indicators of heart disease risk present in

Some great innovations on Pop Sci’s list.

From Time: “In humans studies, researchers have found that more diverse communities of bacteria are linked to having a normal weight, while fewer types of bugs were connected to overweight and obesity, though those results were a little uneven.”

This is a great development. Hopefully the money is used wisely.

From MedCity News: “Peripheral artery disease, where plaque builds up in arteries in the legs and in other places preventing blood flow is usually treated using balloon angioplasty and stents, if a procedure is called for. Now, one California startup

I completed the Prolon longevity fasting-mimicking diet yesterday. Below is a quick summary of my experience: Pros: -I lost one pound each day for a total of 5 pounds. -It wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be. -It

I read about the benefits of the Prolon Fasting Mimicking diet in this WSJ article, so I decided to try it myself and see what kind of impact it has on my health. I’m on day 2, and so far,

From Bloomberg: “The share of those over the age of 65 in the labor force was 19.4 percent on an unadjusted basis in June, up from 15 percent in June 2006, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.” and “More

“Matthew Gdovin, an associate professor in the UTSA Department of Biology, has developed a newly patented method to kill cancer cells. His discovery, described in a new study in The Journal of Clinical Oncology, may tremendously help people with inoperable

Looking forward to seeing how this rolls out next year! Read the story here and here.