The international scientific community concludes in Valencia that aging can be modified with timely action
Lengthening healthy life and preventing functional depletion in old age require a multidisciplinary intervention and specific public policies. The second edition of the Longevity World Forum has also served to demonstrate that breakthroughs in life expectancy require engineering and technology.
Liz Parrish shows gene therapies to be a successful formula to increase longevity
Considered to be the “patient zero” of this type of treatment, Parrish shares her experimental case at the second edition of the Longevity World Forum. Telomerase, follistatin and klotho are the elements on which she is currently working at her biotechnology firm to combat aging.
Liz Parrish visits Spain to talk about her experience as “patient zero” of the first successful gene therapy against aging
The founder and CEO of BioViva Science, one of the ten most innovative companies in the world in its sector, will participate at the Longevity World Forum. Liz Parrish will also explain the latest breakthroughs being achieved by her company with a view to developing a “rejuvenating vaccine”.
40% of people over the age of 65 in Europe are affected by protein deficiency
Professor José Viña highlights nutrition as an “extraordinarily important” factor for healthy aging. This is one of the questions that Dr José Viña will examine in Valencia on 13, 14 and 15 November at the Longevity World Forum.
The researchers María Blasco and Manuel Collado will attend the Longevity World Forum to present the latest discoveries reached in Spain on delaying aging
The director of the CNIO will talk about mouse models with non-genetically modified hyper-long telomeres. The IDIS researcher will explain how a derivative of Digitalis or foxglove selectively eliminates senescent cells.
“Imaging is the key to the health of the future focused on prevention and regular monitoring”
Ángel Alberich-Bayarri, director and founder of QUIBIM, will participate for the second year running at the Longevity World Forum. His intervention, which will form part of the session on RDI in longevity, will reveal the applications and possibilities of artificial intelligence in this field.
Longevity World Forum completes its programme for 2019 with a symposium at the Príncipe Felipe Research Centre
The doctors María Blasco and Pura Muñoz will be two of the speakers of this conference dedicated to aging and metabolism. The event will take place on Wednesday 13 November at the facilities of the Príncipe Felipe Research Centre.
Manuel Serrano: “I don’t know how to use the word immortality. I don’t see any point in talking about something so intangible”
Manuel Serrano is internationally recognised in the field of tumour suppression. In addition to his discovery of the p16 gene, one of his most important discoveries has been the identification of cellular senescence as a main anti-oncogenic response. In this the second edition of Longevity World Forum, he will share his extensive experience, as well as the advances on which he is currently working at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona).
Life expectancy and healthy ageing, under debate in Spain at the Longevity World Forum
The second edition of this congress, which is breaking new ground in Europe, will take place on 14 and 15 November in the Palacio de Congresos Conference Centre in Valencia and will bring together some of the world’s most renowned professionals, such as Rafael de Cabo, Manuel Serrano and Álvaro Pascual-Leone.
Google’s Calico renews its support for the Longevity World Forum, Spain’s most important congress on ageing
Google’s biotechnology company sponsors Europe’s pioneering congress on life expectancy and healthy ageing for the second year running.