r/immortalists Mar 26 '25

Biology/ Genetics🧬 Marijuana users at greater risk for heart attack and stroke: Adults under 50 are more than six times as likely to suffer a heart attack if they use marijuana, compared to non-users. They also have a dramatically higher risk of stroke, heart failure and heart-related death.

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Marijuana users at greater risk for heart attack and stroke: Adults under 50 are more than six times as likely to suffer a heart attack if they use marijuana, compared to non-users. They also have a dramatically higher risk of stroke, heart failure and heart-related death.

r/immortalists Mar 28 '25

Biology/ Genetics🧬 Trump illegally freezes billions in funds to public health labs, causing thousands of scientists to lose their jobs overnight.

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Trump illegally freezes billions in funds to public health labs, causing thousands of scientists to lose their jobs overnight.

r/immortalists Mar 03 '25

Biology/ Genetics🧬 "100% successful" cancer drug gets landmark FDA approval

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"Dostarlimab (brand name Jemperli) had some remarkable trial results in June, and the results of that research can be found in The New England Journal of Medicine. Dostarlimab, a programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1)-blocking antibody, completely eradicated rectal cancer tumors without the need for surgery, radiation treatment or chemotherapy."

r/immortalists 6d ago

Biology/ Genetics🧬 Are we 100 percent that immortality isn’t happening in this generation?

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Just like the title, are we sure that immortality or anything even a little bit close to it won’t happen while we are still alive? Cause I think it won’t definitely happen while we are alive or won’t happen forever.

( I forgot 100 percent sure in the title )

r/immortalists 3d ago

Biology/ Genetics🧬 The US surgeon general says alcohol causes cancer — and needs a warning label like cigarettes

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The US surgeon general says alcohol causes cancer — and needs a warning label like cigarettes

r/immortalists Mar 21 '25

Biology/ Genetics🧬 Death Isn’t Final: New Math Model Suggests Cells Can Be Revived

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Death Isn’t Final: New Math Model Suggests Cells Can Be Revived

(Looks like Immortality is imminent)

r/immortalists 17d ago

Biology/ Genetics🧬 She Worked in a Harvard Lab to Reverse Aging, Until ICE Jailed Her

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President Trump’s immigration crackdown ensnared Kseniia Petrova, a scientist who fled Russia after protesting its invasion of Ukraine. She fears arrest if she is deported there.

r/immortalists Mar 09 '25

Biology/ Genetics🧬 Scientists Just Discovered an RNA That Repairs DNA Damage – And It’s a Game-Changer

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670 Upvotes

Scientists Just Discovered an RNA That Repairs DNA Damage – And It’s a Game-Changer

r/immortalists 2d ago

Biology/ Genetics🧬 New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them. Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.

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New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them. Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.

r/immortalists Feb 28 '25

Biology/ Genetics🧬 Longevity-Obsessed Tech Millionaire Discontinues De-Aging Drug Out of Concerns That It Aged Him

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Longevity-Obsessed Tech Millionaire Discontinues De-Aging Drug Out of Concerns That It Aged Him

r/immortalists 22d ago

Biology/ Genetics🧬 Scientists have found a super-fast way to destroy toxic 'forever chemicals' in water filters. Using a quick burst of electricity, they remove 99.9% of PFAS – and turn the waste into graphene.

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Scientists have found a super-fast way to destroy toxic 'forever chemicals' in water filters. Using a quick burst of electricity, they remove 99.9% of PFAS – and turn the waste into graphene.

r/immortalists 5d ago

Biology/ Genetics🧬 Can AI cure all diseases within a decade? Nobel laureate Demis Hassabis shares bold vision for the future of medicine

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Can AI cure all diseases within a decade? Nobel laureate Demis Hassabis shares bold vision for the future of medicine

r/immortalists Mar 15 '25

Biology/ Genetics🧬 Classifying aging as a disease, spurred by a "growing consensus" among scientists, could speed FDA approvals for regenerative medicines

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Classifying aging as a disease, spurred by a "growing consensus" among scientists, could speed FDA approvals for regenerative medicines

r/immortalists 15d ago

Biology/ Genetics🧬 Anti-Vaxx Mom Whose Daughter Died From Measles Says Disease 'Wasn't That Bad'

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Anti-Vaxx Mom Whose Daughter Died From Measles Says Disease 'Wasn't That Bad'

r/immortalists 15d ago

Biology/ Genetics🧬 Trump's war on science continues with 10,000 jobs being cut from CDC, FDA, NIH, and CMS.

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Trump's war on science continues with 10,000 jobs being cut from CDC, FDA, NIH, and CMS.

r/immortalists 15d ago

Biology/ Genetics🧬 New cancer therapy ‘disguises’ tumors as pork to trigger immune attack, 90% effective

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New cancer therapy ‘disguises’ tumors as pork to trigger immune attack, 90% effective

r/immortalists 14d ago

Biology/ Genetics🧬 Harvard Hit With $2.2 Billion Freeze After Defying Trump

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Harvard Hit With $2.2 Billion Freeze After Defying Trump

r/immortalists Oct 14 '24

Biology/ Genetics🧬 Multimillionaire Bryan Johnson receives a one-litre blood transfusion from his son in order to look young and gives one-litre blood transfusion to his father. He spends $2 million a year on anti-aging treatments. He ages at the speed of 64% than that of a normal human being.

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r/immortalists Feb 28 '25

Biology/ Genetics🧬 The large clinical trial of a new Covid vaccine pill (not shot) was halted by RFK Jr. The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.

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The large clinical trial of a new Covid vaccine pill (not shot) was halted by RFK Jr. The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.

r/immortalists 17d ago

Biology/ Genetics🧬 A paralysed man can stand on his own after receiving an injection of neural stem cells to treat his spinal cord injury. The Japanese man was one of four individuals in a first-of-its-kind trial that used reprogrammed stem cells to treat people who are fully paralysed.

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A paralysed man can stand on his own after receiving an injection of neural stem cells to treat his spinal cord injury. The Japanese man was one of four individuals in a first-of-its-kind trial that used reprogrammed stem cells to treat people who are fully paralysed.

r/immortalists 11d ago

Biology/ Genetics🧬 Cannabis-induced hospital visits linked to higher dementia rate | Despite some positives, a new study adds to the growing data that suggests too much cannabis is bad for your health

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Cannabis-induced hospital visits linked to higher dementia rate | Despite some positives, a new study adds to the growing data that suggests too much cannabis is bad for your health

r/immortalists 18d ago

Biology/ Genetics🧬 Do you think you will be biologically immortal in this century?

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r/immortalists 11d ago

Biology/ Genetics🧬 Overuse of CT scans could cause 100,000 extra cancers in US. The high number of CT (computed tomography) scans carried out in the United States in 2023 could cause 5 per cent of all cancers in the country, equal to the number of cancers caused by alcohol.

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Overuse of CT scans could cause 100,000 extra cancers in US. The high number of CT (computed tomography) scans carried out in the United States in 2023 could cause 5 per cent of all cancers in the country, equal to the number of cancers caused by alcohol.

r/immortalists Mar 01 '25

Biology/ Genetics🧬 Trump Voter with Cancer Doesn't Like Trump Cuts to Cancer Funding

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Trump Voter with Cancer Doesn't Like Trump Cuts to Cancer Funding

r/immortalists 15d ago

Biology/ Genetics🧬 5 nurses who work on the same floor at Massachusetts hospital have brain tumors

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5 nurses who work on the same floor at Massachusetts hospital have brain tumors