- 2019 The Economist. Science and Technology.April 6, 2020Aging (Albany NY). 2019 Aug 15; 11(15): 5628–5645. Published online 2019 Aug 15. doi: 10.18632/aging.102148 PMCID: PMC6710051 PMID: 31422380 Rejuvenation of brain, liver and muscle by simultaneous pharmacological modulation of two signaling determinants, that change in opposite directions with age […]
Everything wrong with the young blood injection crazeMay 17, 2019
Could Blood Plasma Be The Fountain Of Youth?November 6, 2017“We know that there is bad stuff that accumulates in blood, in the blood of old people. So we’d like to identify those, pick out the most essential ones. and remove them,” explained Professor Michael Conboy […]
Gene Editing: Gold Nanoparticle Delivery Shows PromiseOctober 10, 2017In the new study recently reported in Nature Biomedical Engineering, Irina Conboy and Niren Murthy at the University of California, Berkeley, decided to try a delivery vehicle they call CRISPR-Gold [1]. […]
CRISPR-Gold fixes Duchenne muscular dystrophy mutation in miceOctober 3, 2017In the new study, research lead by the laboratories of Berkeley bioengineering professors Niren Murthy and Irina Conboy demonstrated that their novel approach, called CRISPR-Gold […]
Can We Reverse Aging With “Young Blood?”January 20, 2017"Listen to hear about the Conboys’ remarkable research, and its potential future implications for prevention of aging and degenerative disease." […]
UC Berkeley scientists find young blood doesn’t reverse aging of old miceNovember 29, 2016"The researchers were the first in the field of aging research to study the effect of blood transfer between two separate organisms, said collaborating campus researcher Michael Conboy, who is married to Irina." […]
Young Blood Transfusions Don’t Cure AgingNovember 22, 2016“A hot fad today may not survive tomorrow, so be conservative on what you try at home in order to live healthier and longer,” says Michael. […]
New UC Berkeley Study Shows Oxytocin May Help Rejuvenate Aging MusclesJuly 21, 2014"Conboy's research team is ultimately interested in applications beyond just maintaining healthy muscles. For instance, they are also investigating whether oxytocin could become a viable alternative to hormone replacement therapy to impede the symptoms of male and female aging." […]
Aging Muscles May Just Need a Little ‘Love Hormone’June 10, 2014"An already FDA-approved molecule could be adapted to fight aging of a number of tissues," study researcher Irina Conboy, also of UC Berkeley, told Live Science. […]