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A Nature Briefing Chat discusses emerging scientific efforts to study and potentially extend the lifespans of companion animals, mirroring human longevity research. The discussion covers how researchers are applying aging biology, previously focused on humans and lab animals, to pets such as dogs and cats.
A research team, along with academic collaborators, released a paper in the journal Cell introducing open tools designed to evaluate AI models and help scientists identify potential drug targets in aging biology. The work is framed as part of a broader effort to apply AI to longevity research, offering new methods both for finding interventions and for studying their effects in people.
The Pentagon is developing a program called Polygraph+ (or Polygraph Next) that uses AI and machine learning to score truthfulness, alongside 'standoff sensing' techniques that gather physiological data without attaching devices to a subject. Separately, new research on transplanted hearts challenges the idea that young organs can rejuvenate older recipients, complicating theories popularized by comments from Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping about biotechnology extending life.
After his daughter Lucy suffered a brain hemorrhage that left her blind, billionaire Bill Ackman used his connections to secure her advanced care at Mount Sinai and pursue an experimental treatment. In May, the FDA granted her medical team first-time emergency authorization to transplant mitochondria from her leg muscle into her eyes in an attempt to repair her optic nerves. Ackman has since pledged over $400 million to establish an institute focused on longevity and brain health research.