Vetek board member Kalanit Tzur and CEO Hanan Tal at the Longevity Nation conference at Bar-Ilan University, March 2023. Photo by Daria Chekhova/Vetek
Longevity Nation speakers divulge recent lab findings about how we could turn back the clock on our aging bodies.
As we age, our bodies often betray us. We start noticing little malfunctions. We may develop age-related diseases.
Can we prevent this bodily breakdown?
Everyone knows the right preventative measures – getting proper nutrition, sleep and exercise and avoiding unhealthy habits like smoking.
In addition, researchers called geroscientists are studying how to maintain or enhance the function of physical systems that fade over time.
World-leading geroscientists came to Israel recently to share their latest findings on the biology of aging at the two-day Longevity Nation conference organized by Vetek (Seniority) – the Movement for Longevity and Quality of Life in Israel.
Below are summaries of five Israeli presentations at the conference.
Energizing cells
Most age-related conditions – “diabetes, kidney insufficiency, bone marrow failure, you name it” – stem from dysfunction of the mitochondria, the power station of almost every cell, said Natalie Yivgi-Ohana, founder of Minovia Therapeutics.
“Mitochondria use oxygen to generate energy and also produce hemoglobin and steroid hormones. In short, these organelles control life and death,” she said.
