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NORDIC LIFE SCIENCE EDITOR IN CHIEF: MALIN OTMANI
LAYOUT: LISA LIDGREN, MALIN OTMANI ENGLISH PROOFREADING: LISA COCKETTE COVER PHOTO: ISTOCKPHOTO PRINTED BY: ÅTTA.45 2025 SCIENCE JOURNALISTS IN THIS ISSUE: WORDS FROM THE EDI TOR MALIN OTMANI Forever Young ELLEN R. DELISIO PAULA PÉREZ GONZÁLEZANGUIANO ALEXANDRA HOEGBERG IN EARLY 2000, I saw one of my favorite artists, Bob Dylan, perform live in Stockholm. At the end of the concert the lights were dimmed and he sang Forever Young. It really struck a chord with me. The song makes it clear that staying forever young is about one's mindset and actions, not something that could be lost as soon as one ages. The trick is, as I interpret it, to do something meaningful, something you are passionate about. Or as one line of the song goes: “May your hands always be busy, may your feet always be swift” ... whether it is working in your garden, joining a book club, or continuing to do life science research when you have far surpassed your retirement age. Today, many people, not least millionaires on Instagram, showcase to the world how PUBLISHING DIRECTOR: MATTIAS OLME MARKETING & SALES: MATTIAS OLME EMAIL: MATTIAS@NLSNEWS.COM PHONE: +46 8 588 941 51 COPYRIGHT 2025 BY NLS MEDIA GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. REPRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART WHITHOUT PERMISSION IS PROHIBITED. A MAGAZINE FROM NLS MEDIA GROUP NLS MEDIA GROUP AB, ST PAULSGATAN 13 118 46 STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN PHONE: +46 8 588 941 51 they reverse their aging process with the intention of living for as long as possible. Their rigorous routines involve complicated diets, meticulously calculated sleep, and even plasma exchange. This is not joyful and meaningful living in my mind, it is wasting large parts of your life if you go to the extremes. However, the millionaires do have a point in the sense that we need to figure out how we can get old healthier throughout this demographic shift towards aging populations, as Alexandra Hoegberg writes in her article on page 48. And based on new geroscience findings, many of the diseases that emerge later on in life could be prevented if the aging process could be slowed down. And that’s really exciting! This issue of NLS also includes a special report on the changing world. There is so much happening in geopolitics right now so I am afraid some of the articles in this printed magazine will need to be updated as soon as they are published online. However I hope they capture the essence of time right now, and hopefully, when we look back upon this year we will see that the unnecessary turmoil has slowed down and that the world can focus more on what matters most, like encouraging progress in global health. And to quote another line from Dylan’s song: “May you have a strong foundation, when the winds of changes shift.” Luckily, in the Nordic life science industry we do have a strong foundation. Perhaps we can even lead the way, for the times they are a-changin’. NLS MALIN OTMANI EDITOR IN CHIEF FOR DAILY LIFE SCIENCE UPDATES: NORDICLIFESCIENCE.ORG DO YOU HAVE NEWS TO SHARE? MALIN@NLSNEWS.COM PARTNERS: SUBSCRIPTION DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION: 14 EUR/MONTH, INCLUDES: 01. THE DIGITAL ISSUES OF THE MAGAZINE 02. ACCESS TO ARCHIVE, FULLY SEARCHABLE, INCLUDING ALL PREVIOUS DIGITAL ISSUES 03. THE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER NLS NEWS AND THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER NLS CAREERS 04. ACCESS TO ALL DIGITAL CONTENT ON NORDICLIFESCIENCE.ORG, UNLIMITED READING CALL: +46 8 588 941 51 OR SIGN UP AT: NORDICLIFESCIENCE.ORG/SUBSCRIBE