{"id":4452,"date":"2024-03-30T20:21:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T00:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/bio\/labs\/gorbunova\/?page_id=4452"},"modified":"2026-07-15T19:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T23:22:13","slug":"press-coverage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/bio\/labs\/gorbunova\/press-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Feb 24, 2026<\/h4>\n<p>University of Rochester received a grant from ARPA-H for $22 million dollars over five years to lead a research project to evaluate whether a drug previously used for HIV treatment can reduce a chronic immune response triggered by the body\u2019s own DNA to protect health later in life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifespan.io\/news\/epigenetic-reprogramming-to-repair-genetic-damage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Jan 29, 2024<\/h4>\n<p>Lifespan.io highlights a new study by Steve Horvath, Vera Gorbunova, and Alejandro Ocampo in which they used partial reprogramming to repair DNA damage in a mouse model of premature aging.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifespan.io\/news\/epigenetic-reprogramming-to-repair-genetic-damage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Dec 1, 2023<\/h4>\n<p>TheScientist interviews Vera Gorbunova about a fascinating molecular mechanism from naked-mole rats that has increased the median survival of genetically engineered mice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-scientist.com\/fighting-cancer-lessons-from-the-naked-mole-rat-71444\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Oct 9, 2023<\/h4>\n<p>VitaDAO is announcing the launch of Matrix Biosciences, a biotechnology company led by Vera Gorbunova. The launch comes with $300,000 in initial financing, with more funding to come in early 2024.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/longevity.technology\/news\/vitadao-community-launches-its-first-biotech-company\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Oct 4, 2023<\/h4>\n<p>Forbes reports: Leading scientists including Vera Gorbunova sign the Dublin Declaration, a call for a concerted effort to improve both healthspan and lifespan.<\/p>\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<h4>Aug 23, 2023<\/h4>\n<p>Longevity gene from naked mole rats extends lifespan of mice. The successful transfer of a gene that produces HMW-HA paves the way for improving the health and lifespan of humans, too.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2023\/08\/230823165402.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/h6>\n<h4>May 9, 2023<\/h4>\n<p>Vera Gorbunova on Long-Lived Species. Sirtuins apparently benefit some species more than others.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifespan.io\/news\/vera-gorbunova-on-long-lived-species\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/h6>\n<h4>Feb 21, 2023<\/h4>\n<p>Longevity sirtuin clinical trial teases promising results. Gorbunova Aging Research Center team is encouraged by frailty results from SIRT6 activator trial.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/longevity.technology\/news\/longevity-sirtuin-clinical-trial-teases-promising-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/h6>\n<h6>&nbsp;<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feb 24, 2026 University of Rochester received a grant from ARPA-H for $22 million dollars over five years to lead a research project to evaluate whether a drug previously used for HIV treatment can reduce a chronic immune response triggered by the body\u2019s own DNA to protect health later in life. Read more Jan 29, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4452","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/bio\/labs\/gorbunova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/bio\/labs\/gorbunova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/bio\/labs\/gorbunova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/bio\/labs\/gorbunova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/bio\/labs\/gorbunova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4452"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/bio\/labs\/gorbunova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15732,"href":"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/bio\/labs\/gorbunova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4452\/revisions\/15732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/bio\/labs\/gorbunova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}