by James Kay | March 31, 2022 | Aging, Inside NOMIX.AI
Since the very beginning of recorded history, humans have seemingly always attempted to maximise their natural lifespan. The Greek philosopher Plato, widely considered to be the founder of Western political philosophy and a pivotal figure in the development of Western...
by NOMIX | February 24, 2022 | Aging, Inside NOMIX.AI
The word “longevity” is sometimes used as a synonym for “life expectancy” in demography. At NOMIX, the term longevity refers only to especially long-lived, and healthy, members of a population, whereas life expectancy is defined statistically...
by NOMIX | January 18, 2022 | Aging, Information Theory of Aging
In this podcast episode, Dr. David Sinclair and co-host Matthew LaPlante discuss why we age. In doing so, they discuss organisms that have extreme longevity, the genes that control aging (i.e. mTOR, AMPK, Sirtuins), the role of sirtuin proteins as epigenetic...
