Here’s the entire segment which also features Dr. Aubrey de Grey and Dr. Bill Andrews. (100 Plus bit is at the 2:18 mark) Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

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Donate to the The Methuselah Generation documentary and get a signed copy of my book.

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This is an interesting article from The Scientist. Here’s an excerpt: According to economists Benjamin Jones and Bruce Weinberg, young scientists making groundbreaking contributions to their fields are becoming an endangered breed. In a study published November 7th in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, they reported that the chances a Nobel Prize [...]

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This is the latest in a series of studies to show that aging can be manipulated. If scientists were able to do for humans what these Mayo Clinic researchers did for mice, many more people would be in much better health at older ages. Now, why isn’t everyone who cares about the cost of health [...]

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There is a lot going on this week, reminding me once again of how I’d like to have more time. I’m in southern California today attending the Fortune Most Powerful Women conference and I’m also guest blogging over at the Volokh Conspiracy. The fun doesn’t end there, though. Following this, I will be headed back [...]

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At the recent SENS5 conference, Aubrey de Grey interviewed me about 100 Plus. It’s in a two-part series below. Part 1: Part 2:

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Here’s an article by Fast Company blogger Alice Korngold about how living past 100 will effect work and retraining markets.

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Here is a review of 100 Plus that came out in August while I was on the road promoting the book. Fight Aging is a good source for longevity news and I recommend visiting the site if you are interested in aging issues. Here’s one of the comments taken from the review and precisely why [...]

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Aaron Saenz at Singularity Hub writes a thoughtful review of 100+: What would you do with another 75 years on this Earth? Not as a pain wracked wizened elder in a nursing home, but as a vibrant super-centenarian with the energy of a 30 year old? Sonia Arrison is here to tell you it’s not [...]

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Researchers funded by the UK-based Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have discovered a new mechanism controlling ageing in white blood cells. The research, published in the September issue of the Journal of Immunology, opens up the possibility of temporarily reversing the effects of ageing on immunity and could, in the future, allow for [...]

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A Swedish hospital recently announced that a cancer patient was saved after doctors grew him a new windpipe in the lab using a synthetic structure and the man’s own stem cells. That might have sounded like science fiction just a few years ago, but today it is landmark news. Regenerative medicine has the ability to [...]

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The NYT has a great article today about 61 year old Diana Nyad who is planning on swimming 60 hours straight with no sleep from Cuba to Key West. It’s a trek this record-holder attempted at age 28, but failed. She is trying again 30 plus years later and says she is stronger this time [...]

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Here’s an interview I did with Rick Docksai, assistant editor for THE FUTURIST. We talk about longevity and my upcoming book, 100 Plus.

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Here is an article from Reuters reporting on Aubrey de Grey’s lecture at Britain’s Royal Institution academy of science.

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A new study published in the International Journal of Sports Medicine notes that Tour de France” Cyclists live longer than the general population, despite the view that extreme exercise is detrimental to long term health. The authors write: The age at which 50% of the general population died was 73.5 vs. 81.5 years in Tour [...]

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Nancy Pelosi is 70 years old and aiming to run as minority leader despite the huge losses the Dems suffered under her majority leadership. Even if you disagree with her politics, you can’t help but notice that she looks pretty good for someone in their 7th decade. And she’s not alone. Jerry Brown, at 72 [...]

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Thomas Perls, Paola Sebastiani, and others recently published work that finds 70 genes to be involved in longevity (WSJ article). Using these genes, scientists could predict with 77% accuracy who would be exceptionally long-lived. Given this evidence, I wonder what the public will make of statements from people like the Blue Zone’s Dan Buettner that [...]

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Professor Nir Barzilai from New York’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine recently said that he thinks a longevity pill will be ready for testing in two years. He told London’s Sun newspaper that “Pharmaceutical companies are developing these drugs now. They will probably be available for testing from 2012.” It is unclear which company or [...]

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What a great story in today’s SF Chronicle. Hazel Soares now 94, has been married twice, raised six kids, seen two economic depressions, 15 U.S. presidents and two world wars. She’s been a working single mother, a nurse, a concert event organizer and an art lover. She has more than 40 grandchildren. And next month, [...]

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Interesting press release from Duke University: “Over the past 170 years, in the countries with the highest life expectancies, the average life span has grown at a rate of 2.5 years per decade, or about 6 hours per day….It is possible, if we continue to make progress in reducing mortality, that most children born since [...]

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