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Pressure chamber in a hospital. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Forever young?

The world's first clinical trial of its kind, conducted by researchers from Tel Aviv University and Shamir Hospital (Assaf Harofeh), states that pressure chamber treatment of healthy people in the third age can stop the aging of blood cells
Pressure chamber in a hospital. Photo: shutterstock

Innovative treatment in a pressure chamber may improve the cognitive function of healthy elderly people

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Prof. Haim Cohen. Photo: Bar Ilan University Spokesperson

A joint Israeli-German center for aging research will be established at Bar Ilan University

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A significant decrease in the number of senescent cells (blue spots) in the liver and lung tissues of mice following the drug treatment

Forever young - the lab version

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Senescent cells (top) and normal cells (bottom) from the inner lining of a mouse lung, stained with colors that highlight the markers of aging (left) or the characteristics of the lining (right). Filmed with ImageStreamX technology. Source: Weizmann Institute magazine.

Inventory count of senescent cells

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According to Dr. Orit Goldman, artificial intelligence makes it possible to predict elderly people who are expected to deteriorate in order to focus their treatment. Illustration image. Source: US Air Force photo.

Tomorrow's medicine in the era of data mining and Big Data

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Prof. Hiroshi Ishiguro the human (right) and his robot double (left). Source: Florian Voggeneder / Ars Electronica.

"When the population is aging, there is no choice but to use robots"

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SoftBank Robotics' Pepper robot (pictured) knows how to read human emotions and respond to them. An adapted version of it is designed to help the elderly. Photography: Yuichi Sakuraba.

Grandma's robotic assistant

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Prof. Atzmon in his laboratory. Source: Courtesy of Haifa University.

A genetic mutation was found that contributes to longevity in men

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Bottles of insulin for injection. Source: Alan Levine.

Research: Insulin resistance is associated with an accelerated decline in cognitive functions

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Source: pixabay.com.

Questions for the future of humanity: Will we defeat aging?

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The ELLI•Q robot. Source: Intuition Robotics.

An Israeli startup is developing an artificial intelligence-based robot that will improve the lives of senior citizens

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An elderly couple. Illustration: shutterstock

Call for recruitment of participants for research on offspring of Alzheimer's patients

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A single dose of Ritalin may improve walking balance and reduce the risk of falling in the elderly

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A Lithuanian elderly couple in a folk dance. From Wikipedia.

About the battle in old age, and a possible cure for Parkinson's disease

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elders. From Wikipedia

with a good pull

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Telomeres at the ends of chromosomes. From Wikipedia

Researchers have succeeded in reversing the aging process and returning elderly mice to their youth... partially

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A C. elegans worm whose senescence is damaged. Photo: University of Birmingham

The recipe for a long life: the gene that regulates life span, immunity and resistance to stressful situations is found

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Research in the worm opens a door to dealing with heart muscle diseases and old age in humans

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Scientists have extended the life of worms 6 times

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