Got a minute? Real quick rundown of Q2 2026's x.com/m_goes_dista... including stopping lupus, the Enhance-Games, Healthspan X-prize and more. Good news + fast read

He sauna'd himself all the way up to 195 degrees--and then published the results! (What do heat-shock proteins do in humans, etc) It is ethical because it is a self-experiment. It is helpful because he gathers and publishes data for free x.com/bryan_johnso...

Here goes the actual peer review study on the sleep/brain cleaning they figured out www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... its a long one, but informative.

We know the glymphatic system (and others) helps to clean the brain while sleeping, but now there's a better way to see & measure it www.reddit.com/r/science/co... that is a step toward helping it to be more effective. 40hz noises? Light?

First person in New York totally cured of sickle cell with 1 time of gene therapy. It's expensive and difficult but it does work so it is a very clear first step. www.reddit.com/r/UpliftingN...

Wired picks up on Japan's approval for reprogrammed human cells for use in humans (earlier in March 2026) www.wired.com/story/japan-... the small summary is free but you'll have to look up the rest elsewhere.

An interesting article that looks about re-evaluating cholesterol levels and some of what to do about it by a Dr. The tweet thread is a sort of summary and the article is linked x.com/MichaelAlber...

A new breakthrough to fight Alzheimer's? 2 already approved drugs combine to charge up the glymphatic system (brain's cleaning mechanism) www.newscientist.com/article/2520... but it could help healthy people too AND delay the disease as well as mitigate it? Interesting stuff in the synopsis.

A gut bacteria that actually makes humans and animals stronger? It's real & it's being studied now. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41806991/ Interestingly you can easily buy, eat, and safely supplement with it right now too. (It eats resistant-starch and prebiotics so you have to eat those too)

The revolutionary anti-parkinsons cell-replacement surgery trial passes the 3 year mark with excellent safety! x.com/Neuroscope_m... this thread runs it down, then gives links to the reporting and studies.

Inflammation that's out of control is difficult to stop, but fat-derived molecules can turn off some kinds of it at this study www.reddit.com/r/interestin... which, is popular enough that reddit got a hold of it.

More good GLP1 news that even Reddit gets to www.reddit.com/r/news/comme... a pill with less restrictions and it costs less too? So much the better. The comments are also worth a read.

More greatness from organ-on-a-chip: not only does this get research away from mice (good!) but it makes it faster too nature.berkeley.edu/news/2026/03... anti-aging potential research is here with this.

Finally, some good hair news? Usually it's old standards or things that ignore androgen (a cause of male pattern baldness) which would leave out men are these new fast-track items on the way to success? x.com/bryan_johnso... (article has an ad but the items are really trial-ing)

Eli Lily did it, and now other companies are jumping on board, let's speed up drug discovery even more and save everyone! www.theinformation.com/newsletters/...

Looking for a quick rundown on AI and Biology news? This tweet thread x.com/peterottsjo/... has a quick synopsis including the Eli Lily deal, new gimmick to help Claude and even Meta trying to get in on it.

Remember the Australia news about the guy who cured his cancer dog? Well, he's starting a company to do it for others! There's other good cutting-edge health news at x.com/alexwg/statu... along with solar, and more in 1 quick tweet.

What happens on Day 7 of an embryo developing? A reset! Natural...and harness-able? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... A complicated paper explains what happens, but how can we use it for our own benefit?

A fresh new paper in the reputable Nature has epigenetic dysregulation as a driver of aging AND a target for therapy to stop it www.nature.com/articles/s41... only the synopsis is available but it's an interesting path to start on.

Even better news lies beyond the edge of the previous Reuters post about Insilico, x.com/peterottsjo/... this thread shows the CEO is actually after increasing health and longevity and this collab is going to accelerate that. A quick read thread.

How much would YOU bet on AI powered drug discovery? After all, it's discovering new breakthroughs left and right, but how serious could it be? Well 2.5 BILLION dollars worth from Eli Lily www.reuters.com/business/hea... puts the money where the ai is to get help to people faster.

Senescent cells are the target and usually 'fasting' is the answer for getting rid of them, but what if there was another way? Here are published results lifespan.io/news/rubedo-... of first human trials.

DMTF1 is a protein that can enable brain cells to make more new cells easily (a thing that is 'switched off' in aged brains) It's still in the lab now but this article is interesting techfixated.com/scientists-h... on where it can go because it repairs damage too.

Another study on the Vagus Nerve vs aging- this thing is seemingly controlled via the microbiome of the gut so it can be influenced to act younger or older x.com/Neuroscope_m... this thread has what influenced it but will it work on humans?

Series of interesting mini-videos on this thread including reversing tissue age 75% over 8 weeks x.com/LxngevityLab... (also mentions giving menopause a good kick--which it deserves) Get rid of diseases by de-aging cells.

Bad news for aging, good news you can't argue with is the number of studies is going up by a huge amount. See the chart on this tweet for good news x.com/MarcosArrut/... (statistic)

Video not playing? This tweet has a summary of how the cancer-dog got saved x.com/IterIntellec... what does this mean for humans? It means it looks like this IS something you can do. 2026 just shaping up amazing

Fighting aging using the fastest aging organ (the ovary!) is an interesting approach (not required for life, you can rip it out if it goes wrong) but the VIBRANT trial seems to have stalled x.com/agingroy/sta... (links and details in the tweet) No, menopause still isn't good for anyone.

How far, for the love of a dog? Apparently far enough to make a cancer breakthrough WITHOUT any medical background that actually saves the dog? Shocking! Australia news video is on this tweet x.com/TrungTPhan/s... This is how far we can go in 2026.

First Parkinson's, now heart failure? Japan is on the run with stem cell approvals in humans! www.sciencealert.com/stem-cell-tr... REHeart is looking to get used this summer.

A microbiome gut-brain pathway influenced by intestinal metabolites, innate immune responses, vagal nerve signaling and hippocampal memory encoding, impacts the rate of cognitive decline. Many potential points of intervention are described. #Science 🧪

Meditating in the MRI Machine? It's possible and it proved the physical brain-benefits of meditation and mindfulness. This tweet series breaks it down x.com/karlmehta/st... , and what's best is it's FREE...and fairly easy to learn.

The reputable Stanford conducts a gut brain axis study med.stanford.edu/news/all-new... but this article doesn't tell you how to activate yours with 'the molecule', nor which bacteria they needed to add for the mice to get their memory back. It's interesting, but what do you do about it?

An interesting techno-summary update is usually here, but this one has interesting medical advancements too, with links you can explore x.com/alexwg/statu... , brain interface, gut-brain-axis research, and that they even got back cryo preservation brains (of mice-adds credibility to cryo though.)

What does Jensen Huang have to say about what's coming next? Digital Biology, and that's good news for everyone! Faster cures, better medicine and more. This tweet contains a short video x.com/r0ck3t23/sta...

Now, UCFS is looking at stopping FTL1 too, the 'brain ager' problem protein www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/08... but, what will they DO about countering it now that they know?

Old drugs for MS, now an old drug to combat Alzheimer's? scitechdaily.com/fda-approved... the catch? You'd have to actually have it prescribed 20 years early.

Hearing more news or news to hear: Rincell is back into the online news cycle at www.rathbiotaclan.com/worlds-first... with their trials to reverse hearing loss in humans. (Damage related loss, not genetic this time)

Another news summary, this one longer and with video links on Regenerative Orthopedics x.com/argosaki/sta... it's still on early exploration but is acting highly promising and fast.

Ready for a 90 day 'dose' of good news? This tweet sums up what's been going on and its good news for medicine around the world x.com/m_goes_dista... a quick read, and worth it. Dropping costs, discovering faster, and more!

You heard of the simulated fruit fly brain, but now how about the simulated bacterial cell? www.nature.com/articles/d41... This is big news for medicine because they'll move on to human cells next to crack the biggest mysteries.

Another way to strike back at MS, and this one actually repairs myelin? AND it's old/cheap drugs being used in human trials right now? This long tweet series shows what's going on x.com/Neuroscope_m...

Omega 3 is known for cholesterol/heart health, but what about psychological distress? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... this is the result of a really well done human trial, and the news is good.

A copper ion is implicated in helping Alzheimer's plaques to aggregate. Chelation though, can remove it. Is this a new approach scitechdaily.com/scientists-d... The article describes it, but it's not an answer yet, however it is a new angle. (Chelation has been around for ages anyway)

A tidy summary of what's been going on in 2026 (all fab news) x.com/m_goes_dista... including a billion raised in bio tech funds & trials around the world. A quick and encouraging read.

It's from last year, but this good news about the GLP1s doing more than just weight loss www.gethealthspan.com/research/art... is fantastic for kidneys liver, and even stroke protection? These just get more & more interesting! Easy read article explains trials & more.

It's not all just high-tech, plant power is also in studies to read about at x.com/karlmehta/st... (Mushrooms, herbs etc don't get the attention they deserve because you can't patent them)

Time flies but now news flies too? A fruit fly, that is. They've got a whole brain emulation going x.com/alexwg/statu... the twitter article explains it, and why it matters to brain research. (Once the emulation was complete, it started doing fly-ly activities on its own) Expect to hear more soon..

Remember the human organoid that they got to play Doom? "Well, what did that look like then?" Press this reddit link www.reddit.com/r/interestin... to watch it go. Why this is good, is because it uses much less power to accomplish complex actions.

Tiny chip helping blind people (with certain conditions) to see again AND is under current review for use in even more humans? Fantastic news that sounds out of sci fi garryslist.org/posts/blind-... (but old browser users beware, site won't work unless browser is up to date)