Latest news from American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) on News en-us Copyright 2025 News 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/experts-geroscience-approach-may-lessen-severity-of-covid-19-bolster-older-patients-response-to-diseases/?sc=rsin /articles/experts-geroscience-approach-may-lessen-severity-of-covid-19-bolster-older-patients-response-to-diseases/?sc=rsin Fri, 27 Mar 2020 09:00:36 EST As the nation and world respond to the growing COVID-19 pandemic, a panel of leading aging research experts, convened by the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), posed that targeting the biology of aging through promising therapeutics could bolster the medical response to COVID-19 and other viruses that are devastating older patients. American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) /articles/covid-19-can-the-science-of-aging-move-us-forward/?sc=rsin /articles/covid-19-can-the-science-of-aging-move-us-forward/?sc=rsin Fri, 20 Mar 2020 13:25:50 EST As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the nation and the world, the role that geroscience may play in boosting immunity in older adults and lessening the severity of age-related diseases will be explored by a panel of leading experts in the webinar, COVID-19: Can the Science of Aging Move Us Forward? The no-cost, one-hour webinar, intended for the scientific community and related science and health media, is scheduled for 1 PM EDT on Tuesday, March 24. American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) /articles/leading-alzheimer-s-disease-researchers-recognized-with-metlife-foundation-awards/?sc=rsin /articles/leading-alzheimer-s-disease-researchers-recognized-with-metlife-foundation-awards/?sc=rsin Thu, 15 May 2014 15:00:00 EST MetLife Foundation today announced the recipients of the 2014 MetLife Foundation Awards for Medical Research in Alzheimer's Disease. American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) /articles/american-federation-for-aging-research-afar-leaders-discuss-new-google-aging-initiative/?sc=rsin /articles/american-federation-for-aging-research-afar-leaders-discuss-new-google-aging-initiative/?sc=rsin Wed, 25 Sep 2013 20:00:00 EST Leaders of the American Federation for Aging Research, a national non-profit organization that has devoted more than $150 million to fund over 3,000 aging researchers during the last 31 years, commented recently on Google's announcement of the formation of "Calico," a company focused on aging research. American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR)