As reported in WSJ and Technology Review:
A study published Wednesday found that rapamycin, a drug used in organ transplants, increased the life span of mice by 9% to 14%, the first definitive case in which a chemical has been shown to extend the life span of normal mammals.
Anti-aging researchers also …

And many other leading edge topics in this

Question: How much does it suck when your neglected hobby blog suddenly breaks because some random cool chunk of code for DIIGO or something, ceases to work and hoses everything up for who knows how long?
Answer: A lot. Grrr.
Anyway, finally found the retardo-code, so we’re back. No telling how long …

Report: Brain-Boosting Pills OK For All – Staying Healthy News Story – KGTV San Diego
Healthy people should have the right to boost their brain power with pills, like those prescribed for hyperactive kids or memory-impaired seniors, according to several scientists writing in an opinion piece in the journal Nature.

BBC reporting:
Scientists have successfully carried out the world’s first tissue-engineered whole organ transplant, without the need for anti-rejection drugs.
Full journal text available at The Lancet: Tissue-engineered airway replacement.

So many times we’ve gesticulated, “Just Gimme the I/O Ports!”
We can haz them soon.

NewScientist reports:
“We are fairly confident at this point that TAT2 won’t enhance cancer development,” says Effros, although she cautions that further trials are needed to confirm this.
Effros and de Grey believe that TAT2 could also find applications in other diseases and general ageing – though these have not yet been …

Studio360 Reprint:
A recent study of stroke victims with damaged language abilities found that those who listened to music recovered better than those who listened only to audio books. Music plus words trumped words alone. Studio 360’s Gideon D’Arcangelo has witnessed this phenomenon first hand–with his mother Sylvia.

From the site:
The Methuselah Foundation needs your help: we are supporting a project named “ Undergrads Against Age Related Disease,” submitted as part of the Amex Members Project initiative. In order to move forward, this project must obtain more than 2000 votes in the next 2 weeks – by September …

FightingAging reports:
Researcher Attila Chordash is back from last weekend’s Aging 2008 conference, and he’s posted his video of biomedical gerontologist Aubrey de Grey’s presentation from a vantage point at the pre-conference public event.
And Reason puts it ever aptly:
[It's] the concert bootleg scene, except with scientists instead of musicians, and no …

And perhaps equally significant, achieves the ever elusive Digg top post; a peerless metric by which to realize that the message is effectively reaching into the popular cultural consciousness. Well done!

“Understanding Aging: Biomedical and Bioengineering Approaches,” which will be held this weekend from June 27-29, 2008 at UCLA. This would be a great excuse to jump in the Cessna, Piper, or Cirrus for an impromptu weekend escape.
The conference includes a free symposium for the general public on June 27th focused …