The international scientific community concludes in Valencia that aging can be modified with timely action
Lengthening healthy life and preventing functional depletion in old age require a multidisciplinary intervention and specific public policies. The second edition of the Longevity World Forum has also served to demonstrate that breakthroughs in life expectancy require engineering and technology.
Leading scientists claim that medicine should focus on the quality of life during old age
Calorie restriction and senescent cells have been two of the main subjects addressed on the second day of the Longevity World Forum. This international congress being held in Valencia comes to an end on Friday 15 November, with a consideration of the social and economic aspects of longevity.
The latest breakthroughs for a longer and better life expectancy are presented in Valencia on the occasion of the Longevity World Forum
The central events of the pioneering congress in Europe on human longevity have been held at the Conference Centre on 14 and 15 November. The meeting has brought together eminent international professionals, such as Rafael de Cabo, Pura Muñoz and Manuel Collado.
Valencia is consolidated as the world scientific capital of healthy aging
For the second year running, the city hosts the Longevity World Forum, one of the most important congresses in the world on longevity, on 13, 14 and 15 November. Eminent scientists such as Maria Blasco and Rafael de Cabo will be present at the event, which is backed by leading companies in the sector such as Google’s Calico.
40% of people over the age of 65 in Europe are affected by protein deficiency
Professor José Viña highlights nutrition as an “extraordinarily important” factor for healthy aging. This is one of the questions that Dr José Viña will examine in Valencia on 13, 14 and 15 November at the Longevity World Forum.
The researchers María Blasco and Manuel Collado will attend the Longevity World Forum to present the latest discoveries reached in Spain on delaying aging
The director of the CNIO will talk about mouse models with non-genetically modified hyper-long telomeres. The IDIS researcher will explain how a derivative of Digitalis or foxglove selectively eliminates senescent cells.
Longevity World Forum confirms Valencia as its venue in 2019
The first conference on longevity in Europe will once again make Valencia the world scientific capital. This global meeting will be held for the second time on 13 and 14 November at the city’s conference centre.
Longevity World Forum completes its programme for 2019 with a symposium at the Príncipe Felipe Research Centre
The doctors María Blasco and Pura Muñoz will be two of the speakers of this conference dedicated to aging and metabolism. The event will take place on Wednesday 13 November at the facilities of the Príncipe Felipe Research Centre.
The debate over precision medicine and biotechnology puts the final touch on the first edition of the Longevity World Forum
On the second and final day of the Longevity World Forum, the conference turned its focus towards two disciplines which are fundamental to guarantee a longer and better life expectancy: precision medicine and biotechnology.
The scientific community proposes a different approach to ageing at the Longevity World Forum
Leading figures such as Ángela Nieto or María Blasco have shared new key facts about human longevity from the perspective of different disciplines in the first conference in Europe focused on life expectancy and life quality improvement from a purely scientific approach.