Sven Bulterijs
@svenbulterijs.bsky.social
Laboratory of Aging Physiology and Molecular Evolution at Ghent University (Belgium)
https://www.svenbulterijs.com/
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WTF Mendeley has again duplicated the citations so many times that a 20 or so page document turned in 713 pages!!!!
September 22, 2025 at 6:15 AM
WTF Mendeley has again duplicated the citations so many times that a 20 or so page document turned in 713 pages!!!!
New results from the ITP. Epicatechin, Halofuginone, and Mitoglitazone all increased medium lifespan in male but not female mice. Epicatechin and Halofuginone also increased 90% survival.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40973907/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40973907/
Extension of lifespan by epicatechin, halofuginone and mitoglitazone in male but not female genetically heterogeneous mice - PubMed
Mice bred in 2021 were tested by the Interventions Testing Program (ITP) for possible lifespan benefits of 2BAct (2BA), dichloroacetate (DCA), Epicatechin (EPI), Forskolin (FSK), Halofuginone (HAL) an...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
September 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
New results from the ITP. Epicatechin, Halofuginone, and Mitoglitazone all increased medium lifespan in male but not female mice. Epicatechin and Halofuginone also increased 90% survival.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40973907/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40973907/
Today I was contacted by national media (@radio1vrt.bsky.social and @vrtnws.be) to give my opinion on the prospects for life extension. Here you can read the article (no paywall) and the radio interview can be listened to through VRT Max (De wereld vandaag, 4 Sept, 17:30).
#longevity #aging
#longevity #aging
Xi en Poetin die filosoferen over 150 jaar oud worden: is langer leven droom of werkelijkheid? (en hoe kan dat eventueel?) | VRT NWS: nieuws
Poetin en Xi die op de rode loper filosoferen over onsterfelijkheid - of tenminste toch over langer leven: het is een droom die misschien wel meer mensen hebben, maar hoe realistisch is het? Welke met...
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September 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Today I was contacted by national media (@radio1vrt.bsky.social and @vrtnws.be) to give my opinion on the prospects for life extension. Here you can read the article (no paywall) and the radio interview can be listened to through VRT Max (De wereld vandaag, 4 Sept, 17:30).
#longevity #aging
#longevity #aging
May 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
National Cancer Institute on IG today 😭
May 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
National Cancer Institute on IG today 😭
Article on victors interesting business, check it out!
www.supertrends.com/blog-1/the-t...
#longevity #health #aging
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#longevity #health #aging
The Trust Factor: Inside the World of Longevity Concierge Services — Supertrends AG
What if the future of healthcare wasn’t in hospitals—but in personal science advisors? As the field of longevity evolves rapidly, a new role is emerging:...
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May 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Article on victors interesting business, check it out!
www.supertrends.com/blog-1/the-t...
#longevity #health #aging
www.supertrends.com/blog-1/the-t...
#longevity #health #aging
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A lipid nanoparticle–delivered base-editing therapy was custom designed for an infant with a ureacycle disorder. The affected infant was treated at approximately 7 and 8 months of age. Read the Brief Report: nej.md/42XF03F
#ASGCT2025 #MedSky @asgct.bsky.social
#ASGCT2025 #MedSky @asgct.bsky.social
Patient-Specific In Vivo Gene Editing to Treat a Rare Genetic Disease | NEJM
Base editors can correct disease-causing genetic variants. After a neonate had received
a diagnosis of severe carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase 1 deficiency, a disease with
an estimated 50% mortality ...
nej.md
May 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A lipid nanoparticle–delivered base-editing therapy was custom designed for an infant with a ureacycle disorder. The affected infant was treated at approximately 7 and 8 months of age. Read the Brief Report: nej.md/42XF03F
#ASGCT2025 #MedSky @asgct.bsky.social
#ASGCT2025 #MedSky @asgct.bsky.social
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Picture worth a thousand words - As the late-great editor of the American Journal of Cardiology William Roberts once editorialized - "It's the cholesterol stupid!"
May 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Picture worth a thousand words - As the late-great editor of the American Journal of Cardiology William Roberts once editorialized - "It's the cholesterol stupid!"
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“Bigotry in science.” Trump Administration Slashes Research Into L.G.B.T.Q. Health. Gift link: nyti.ms/3ELy40l
Trump Administration Slashes Research Into L.G.B.T.Q. Health (Gift Article)
More than $800 million in N.I.H. grants canceled as of early May — nearly half of those terminated to date — covered the health of sexual and gender minority groups, The Times found.
nyti.ms
May 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“Bigotry in science.” Trump Administration Slashes Research Into L.G.B.T.Q. Health. Gift link: nyti.ms/3ELy40l
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All new research grants have been frozen at the National Science Foundation, Nature reports, as DOGE considers canceling 200 existing grants flagged for terms associated with diversity, equity and inclusion. Story by @dangaristo.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: Trump team freezes new NSF awards — and could soon axe hundreds of grants
The National Science Foundation is the latest US agency to be disrupted by Elon Musk’s DOGE.
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April 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
All new research grants have been frozen at the National Science Foundation, Nature reports, as DOGE considers canceling 200 existing grants flagged for terms associated with diversity, equity and inclusion. Story by @dangaristo.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Let's advocate on #worldhealthday to finally recognize biological aging as a disease!
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
#longevity #aging #ageing #health #disease
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
#longevity #aging #ageing #health #disease
It is time to classify biological aging as a disease
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
April 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Let's advocate on #worldhealthday to finally recognize biological aging as a disease!
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
#longevity #aging #ageing #health #disease
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
#longevity #aging #ageing #health #disease
Today is #worldhealthday, let us remember that aging is the no. 1 cause of disease worldwide!!!
April 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Today is #worldhealthday, let us remember that aging is the no. 1 cause of disease worldwide!!!
March edition of Longevity Trends has arrived! This month, we dive into skin aging!
#Longevity #health #skincare #antiaging #dermatology #aging
#Longevity #health #skincare #antiaging #dermatology #aging
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Introduction This month, we take a deep dive into skin aging and explore ways to maintain a youthful appearance. When people think of skin aging, they often picture wrinkles, sagging, and...
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April 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
March edition of Longevity Trends has arrived! This month, we dive into skin aging!
#Longevity #health #skincare #antiaging #dermatology #aging
#Longevity #health #skincare #antiaging #dermatology #aging
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How does exercise and fitness promote healthy brain aging?
An outstanding, comprehensive review @thelancet.bsky.social
reduced neuroinflammmation, preserves blood-brain-barrier, neurogenesis, role of exerkines, and much more
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
An outstanding, comprehensive review @thelancet.bsky.social
reduced neuroinflammmation, preserves blood-brain-barrier, neurogenesis, role of exerkines, and much more
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
March 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
How does exercise and fitness promote healthy brain aging?
An outstanding, comprehensive review @thelancet.bsky.social
reduced neuroinflammmation, preserves blood-brain-barrier, neurogenesis, role of exerkines, and much more
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
An outstanding, comprehensive review @thelancet.bsky.social
reduced neuroinflammmation, preserves blood-brain-barrier, neurogenesis, role of exerkines, and much more
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Of >105,000 participants with 30-year follow-up, only 9.3% achieved healthy aging (age 70, w/o any chronic diseases). Their diet was significantly associated with this outcome. @naturemedicine.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Of >105,000 participants with 30-year follow-up, only 9.3% achieved healthy aging (age 70, w/o any chronic diseases). Their diet was significantly associated with this outcome. @naturemedicine.bsky.social
It's very worrying that academic freedom is being crippled like this. It's not just an attack on academia but an attack on democracy as democracy can only survive when there's room for debate that is in contradiction with official narratives.
Researchers Say the Government Tried to Erase Sexual Orientation From Their Findings www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
Researchers Say the Government Tried to Erase Sexual Orientation From Their Findings
The paper looked at smoking among rural young adults
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March 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
It's very worrying that academic freedom is being crippled like this. It's not just an attack on academia but an attack on democracy as democracy can only survive when there's room for debate that is in contradiction with official narratives.
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A paralysed man can stand on his own after receiving an injection of neural stem cells to treat his spinal cord injury
https://go.nature.com/41YLmhC
https://go.nature.com/41YLmhC
Paralysed man stands again after receiving ‘reprogrammed’ stem cells
Another man also regained some movement, but two others experienced minimal improvement.
go.nature.com
March 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
A paralysed man can stand on his own after receiving an injection of neural stem cells to treat his spinal cord injury
https://go.nature.com/41YLmhC
https://go.nature.com/41YLmhC
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A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved
March 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved
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TODAY IS THE DAY! 🧪☀️⬇️
Join us at the Lincoln Memorial or your local site to Stand Up for Science!
Join us at the Lincoln Memorial or your local site to Stand Up for Science!
March 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
TODAY IS THE DAY! 🧪☀️⬇️
Join us at the Lincoln Memorial or your local site to Stand Up for Science!
Join us at the Lincoln Memorial or your local site to Stand Up for Science!
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The prevalence of Parkinson's disease, the 2nd most common neurodegenerative disease (after Alzheimer's) is on the rise globally www.bmj.com/content/388/... @bmj.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The prevalence of Parkinson's disease, the 2nd most common neurodegenerative disease (after Alzheimer's) is on the rise globally www.bmj.com/content/388/... @bmj.com
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➡️AI-based #method for #age #prediction, mortality risk, and geroprotective validation
#Researchers at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social in Jena have achieved remarkable success in securing federal funding through the GO-Bio initial program of the #BMBF.
Read more👉 bit.ly/41orlAK
#Researchers at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social in Jena have achieved remarkable success in securing federal funding through the GO-Bio initial program of the #BMBF.
Read more👉 bit.ly/41orlAK
AI-based method for age prediction, mortality risk, and geroprotective validation
AI-based aging clock secures nearly €100K in federal funding for cross-species age prediction and geroprotection research.
bit.ly
March 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
➡️AI-based #method for #age #prediction, mortality risk, and geroprotective validation
#Researchers at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social in Jena have achieved remarkable success in securing federal funding through the GO-Bio initial program of the #BMBF.
Read more👉 bit.ly/41orlAK
#Researchers at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social in Jena have achieved remarkable success in securing federal funding through the GO-Bio initial program of the #BMBF.
Read more👉 bit.ly/41orlAK
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A temporary outage of the US government-funded PubMed database of biomedical literature over the weekend sent many researchers globally into a panic
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
'Omg, did Pubmed go dark?' Blackout stokes fears about database’s future
A brief outage has focused attention on scientists’ reliance on the US-government-funded website.
www.nature.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
A temporary outage of the US government-funded PubMed database of biomedical literature over the weekend sent many researchers globally into a panic
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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decided to write an op-ed for our local journal to support federally funded research - I encourage you to spread the good word! riverjournalonline.com/letters/op-e... thanks @drannecarpenter.bsky.social and @sean-ryder-music.bsky.social for the inspiration
Op-ed: Gutting NIH Is Hurting Our Community
We are living through an era of accelerated medical progress: in just a few decades, childhood leukemia survival has jumped from 10% to over 90%. Yet, more work remains: cancer […]
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March 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
decided to write an op-ed for our local journal to support federally funded research - I encourage you to spread the good word! riverjournalonline.com/letters/op-e... thanks @drannecarpenter.bsky.social and @sean-ryder-music.bsky.social for the inspiration