Tag: David Sinclair

  • Health

    Has first person to live to be 150 been born?

    Harvard researchers reported that they can age and then restore youth to lab mice, using a gene cocktail that has already restored vision in mice.

    Rows of children playing and having fun.
  • Science & Tech

    Research labs score perfect COVID safety records

    Six months after reopening, Harvard’s labs report an unblemished safety record, important contributions to the state’s economy, and an array of scientific findings, albeit with the requisite frustration of operating during a pandemic.

  • Health

    Seeing clearly again

    Harvard Medical School scientists reverse age-related vision loss, eye damage from glaucoma in mice.

    Research lab.
  • Science & Tech

    On the clock

    Researchers have built two machine learning models that gauge biological age and predict remaining lifespan in mice.

    Two people going up stairs.
  • Health

    Longevity and anti-aging research: ‘Prime time for an impact on the globe’

    Research into extending humanity’s healthy lifespan has been progressing rapidly in recent years. In February, a group of aging and longevity scientists founded a nonprofit to foster the work and serve as a resource for governments and businesses looking to understand the potentially far-reaching implications of a population that lives significantly longer, healthier lives.

    David Sinclair
  • Campus & Community

    NIH makes $8.5M investment in promising projects

    Eight Harvard scientists will receive nearly $8.5 million in funding through the National Institutes of Health’s High Risk, High Reward program to support research.

    Science image to announce seven faculty receiving NIH grants totalling nearly $8.5 million.
  • Health

    Probing the golden years

    In an aging society, Harvard researchers are plumbing the depths of what it means to have a larger proportion of the population elderly — and figuring out how to keep them healthy.