Linus Petersson
@LinusPeters
Founder Swedish Longevity Cluster. Author ‘Läkemedel mot Åldrande’ (Medicine Against Aging). Will not go gentle
1/7 🎧😃 Äntligen! LJUDBOKEN ÄR HÄR! 🍾 Läkemedel mot Åldrande: Hur modern vetenskap ger oss obegränsad frisk livslängd 📚 En populärvetenskaplig bok om åldrandets vetenskap, nu i inläst format – perfekt för promenaden, pendlingen eller vilan i hängmattan i sommar
Why would finitude give meaning to life? There’s just no logical connection here. What gives meaning is all the wonderful things *in* life: curiosity, happiness, love, discovery etc Thus, life extension is desirable
A return to independence. Current treatments for severe brain damage only restore partial function. FRONT aims to heal and repair brain tissue and enable individuals with brain damage to recover lost functions. Register for FRONT Proposers' Day on 8/8: arpa-h.gov/explore-fundin…
Very true: top talent chooses not to work on aging because ‘AI will solve it’ No one knows if that will happen. It might not It’s the very lives of our loved ones at stake here. We must hope for the best, but plan for the worst You should work on aging
the longevity field is uniquely susceptible to damaging movements and narratives 'healthspan' was the worst of these in recent memory, but there is a new, perhaps even worse one on the rise - a form of AI zealotry which results in laziness and inaction due to an almost religious…
Watching these. Systematically. Physics of Aging. See below.
🧬 AI x Bio Conference Recordings 📽️ @VitalistBay with @foresightinst I watched most of these in person. Absolutely worth watching again. Thank you everyone for making these available. 🧵
we're recruiting for a scientist to join our Talent team @newlimit this is a unique chance for a scientist to move into the business & ops side of biotech. we imagine recent PhDs & postdocs looking to transition away from the bench are great candidates. you'll be working very…
🆕 This is an episode I've been wanting to do since we started LEVITY a year ago. The naked mole-rat special with the world's top expert as guest: Prof. Rochelle Buffenstein. (Links below) Even though it’s undeniably...aesthetic-challenged, the naked mole-rat is of course the…
@biogerontology once called @aubreydegrey “the most influential figure in geroscience,” and rightly so. He pioneered the argument that aging is not inevitable — it’s solvable. Now, this September, he joins top longevity scientists and physicians from around the world at…
Not helpful. Of course that will make you healthy a few more years - but you’ll still age, get sick, suffer and die New medications and advanced therapies are the only real solution. Acceleration of that should be prio no 1
Longevity is earned in the gym, the sauna, and the kitchen
That aging is a solvable technical problem
They silenced Galileo, but his truth moved the world. What truth are we ignoring today? 🤔
Article 3 in UN declaration of human rights: the right to life Aging deprives us of this right
Longevity is a human right.
NICE! Super important. Very significant for longevity research
NEW: No technology currently exists to repair damaged brain tissue and fully restore lost function. FRONT aims to enable millions with what is considered permanent brain damage to regain lost functions, including motor control, vision, and speech. arpa-h.gov/news-and-event…