2026 Replacement in Aging Workshop

Can aging be addressed not only by repairing accumulated damage, but by replacing the cells, tissues, organs, and systems that fail over time?

This half-day workshop gathers leading researchers to explore replacement as an emerging frontier in aging biology and medicine. The session will examine how deliberate substitution of aged or failing biological components may offer a path toward restoring function, resilience, and long-term health.

By moving beyond the goal of slowing decline, this workshop will focus on strategies that aim to rebuild aging systems with biologically young, engineered, or synthetically equivalent components. Discussions will span regenerative medicine, organ engineering, immune renewal, neuroregeneration, and the principles needed for durable integration and function.

The workshop will bring together researchers working across developmental biology, bioengineering, transplantation, and aging science to discuss what is technically possible, what remains biologically limiting, and how replacement-based approaches could become a core pillar of therapeutic aging interventions.