What are the benefits of biological dentistry?

In January 2026 a maxillofacial professor at Goethe University Frankfurt published a paper with the two men most associated with the claim that hidden holes in the jawbone make people ill. It reported that something does remain in the socket after a tooth comes out. It then declined to call that something a disease. Neither…

ByJon Lipsey3 days ago0Comments

HEALTH

XPRIZE Healthspan: the $81m longevity prize that convinced its own doubters

“I never thought we would actually get a winner,” says Dr Jamie Justice, Executive Vice President of Health at XPRIZE. She is talking about XPRIZE Healthspan, the project she oversees. It is a seven-year, $101 million global competition to develop therapies that restore the function people lose as they age. To win, a team has…

ByJon LipseyAugust 24, 20260Comments

BUSINESS

Inside the world’s most private longevity investment conference

The world’s most private longevity investment conference takes place in Switzerland next month and you are not on the list. Don’t take it personally. Hardly anyone is. Between the 14th and the 17th September approximately 140 people will gather in Gstaad for the annual Longevity Investors Conference. One third of them are speakers. The rest…

ByJon LipseyAugust 24, 20260Comments

HEALTH Vanguard

The longevity network that started in a pub, not a lab

Mo Elzek does not think that, in the coming years, you will be able to pop a magic pill and decide what age you want to be. He does, however, think that a cocktail of targeted rejuvenation therapies could have a profound impact on your healthspan and lifespan. That distinction, borne out of deep understanding…

ByJon LipseyAugust 7, 20260Comments

HEALTH Opinion

Christopher Snowdon: healthy lifestyles are a burden on taxpayers

If you work in health, Christopher Snowdon is supposed to be the enemy. He defends smokers, opposes minimum pricing on alcohol and argues against sugar taxes. He thinks the wellness industry is "mostly a force for bad" and that nutritional epidemiology, the science underpinning nearly everything you have ever been told about food, is a…

ByJon LipseyAugust 6, 20260Comments

HEALTH

Top longevity influencers and researchers to follow

Seven of the 100 people ranked in the Unfiltered Longevity 100 for 2026 publish regularly for a general audience, such as a podcast, a newsletter or both. They are Peter Diamandis, Mark Hyman, Bryan Johnson, Matt Kaeberlein, Andrew Huberman, David Sinclair and Phil Newman. Three of them are working scientists and four are not. Four…

ByJon LipseyAugust 5, 20260Comments

HEALTH

Who are the most credible voices in longevity?

The most credible voices in longevity are mostly not the most visible ones. Of the 100 people ranked in the Unfiltered Longevity 100 for 2026, 38 are working scientists whose standing rests on peer-reviewed output, institutional position and replication record rather than on audience. They are listed in full below. Credibility and reach are close…

ByJon LipseyAugust 5, 20260Comments

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NUTRITION Opinion

Does fasting trigger autophagy in humans? Barely, and exercise does it faster

Fasting is one of the longevity movement's favourite rituals but the main reason people give for it does not hold up well in humans. The promise is autophagy. Skip food for long enough and the body, short of incoming fuel, starts breaking down and recycling its own worn-out parts. That much is real. The catch…

ByJon LipseyJuly 3, 20260Comments

MIND

Dr Tommy Wood on brain health, concussion and the limits of optimisation

The longevity industry has a simple story about the brain: it declines, the decline is mostly fixed, and the best you can do is slow it with the right supplements and the right wearables. Tommy Wood spends a lot of his time arguing the opposite. The brain adapts across almost the whole of a life,…

ByDr Jonny ReesJune 23, 20260Comments

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BUSINESS

The Enhanced Games came to Vegas and hit the jackpot

Plenty of people have closed their eyes and had one a final throw of the dice in Vegas. Most of them walk away with nothing. Tonight, Kristian Gkolomeev of Greece is going home with $1.25m after breaking the Men’s 50m Freestyle record, clocking 20.81 in the final event of the night at the inaugural Enhanced…

ByJon LipseyMay 25, 20260Comments

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