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Oncotarget Sponsors Open Access Team in 2025 Ride for Roswell

June 10, 2025

Impact Journals, the publisher of Oncotarget, is once again proudly sponsoring the Open Access Team in the annual Ride for Roswell.

BUFFALO, NY — June 10, 2025 — The Ride for Roswell, one of the USA’s largest cycling events supporting cancer research, returns to Buffalo on Saturday, June 28, 2025. Hosted annually by Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, this community-wide event brings together riders, volunteers, and supporters to raise funds for cancer research, celebrate survivors, and honor those lost to the disease.

Among the returning participants is the Open Access Team, led by team captain Sergei Kurenov. This year, the team is once again proudly sponsored by Impact Journals, the publisher of open access journals Oncotarget, Aging, Genes & Cancer, and Oncoscience.

“For the last 10 years, I have continuously participated in the Ride for Roswell in honor of those who have bravely fought cancer,” said Kurenov. “This journey is deeply personal for me. My father battled cancer, and some of my closest friends have fought through prostate and lung cancer with incredible strength.”

This year, the Open Access Team rides in honor of Dr. Mikhail (Misha) Blagosklonny, a visionary scientist who dedicated his career to advancing cancer and aging research. As the founding Editor-in-Chief of Oncotarget, Aging, and Oncoscience, Dr. Blagosklonny was a pioneer of open-access publishing. His groundbreaking work on mTOR signaling and rapamycin transformed our understanding of cancer biology and healthy lifespan extension.

The 2025 Ride for Roswell features nine route options, ranging from 4 to 100 miles, all beginning at the University at Buffalo North Campus. Riders from across the USA and beyond are invited to participate and make a meaningful impact in the fight against cancer.

This ride is more than just a journey on two wheels—it’s a commitment to building a future where no one has to fear a cancer diagnosis. There is still time to support the Open Open Access Team in the 2025 Ride for Roswell. Whether by donating, joining the team, or sharing their story, every action brings us closer to better treatments, deeper understanding, and, ultimately, a cure.

Visit the Open Access Team page to join or donate today.

Click here to learn more about the 2025 Ride for Roswell.

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About Oncotarget:

Oncotarget (a primarily oncology-focused, peer-reviewed, open access journal) aims to maximize research impact through insightful peer-review; eliminate borders between specialties by linking different fields of oncology, cancer research and biomedical sciences; and foster application of basic and clinical science.

Oncotarget is indexed and archived by PubMed/Medline, PubMed Central, Scopus, EMBASE, META (Chan Zuckerberg Initiative) (2018-2022), and Dimensions (Digital Science).

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Mikhail Blagosklonny

Call for Papers: Special Collection Honoring Dr. Mikhail (Misha) Blagosklonny

April 3, 2025
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Dr. Mikhail Blagosklonny

“This special collection will explore key themes central to Dr. Blagosklonny’s scientific contributions, with a focus on mechanistic insights, translational approaches, and theoretical perspectives.”

BUFFALO, NY — April 3, 2025 — Aging (Aging-US) is pleased to announce a special Call for Papers for a commemorative collection honoring the legacy of Dr. Mikhail (Misha) Blagosklonny, the founding editor of the journal and a pioneer in aging biology. His groundbreaking work shaped fundamental concepts in the field, particularly regarding the role of mTOR in aging and cancer, the use of rapamycin, bypassing senescence during the process of transformation, personalized medicine, and theories on why we age.

This special collection will explore key themes central to Dr. Blagosklonny’s scientific contributions, with a focus on mechanistic insights, translational approaches, and theoretical perspectives. We invite original research, reviews, and perspective articles covering topics such as:

  • The role of mTOR in aging and age-related diseases
  • Rapamycin and other pharmacological strategies to extend lifespan
  • Senescence bypass and its implications for cancer and regenerative medicine
  • Personalized medicine approaches in aging and longevity research
  • Theoretical models and evolutionary perspectives on aging

The special issue will be guest-edited by leading scientist in the field, David Gems, who will oversee the selection of high-quality contributions that reflect the depth and impact of Dr. Blagosklonny’s work.

We encourage researchers working on these topics to submit their manuscripts and contribute to this tribute to one of the most influential figures in aging research.

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We look forward to your contributions to this special issue and to honoring Dr. Blagosklonny’s enduring impact on the field of aging research.sue.

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Dr. Mikhail Blagosklonny’s Legacy: Hyperfunction Theory and Rapamycin

January 16, 2025

“Blagosklonny’s work remains an enduring inspiration, paving the way toward treating aging as a modifiable condition.”

BUFFALO, NY- January 15, 2025 – A new priority review was published in Aging (listed by MEDLINE/PubMed as “Aging (Albany NY)” and “Aging-US” by Web of Science) on January 12, 2025, entitled “Mikhail ‘Misha’ Blagosklonny’s enduring legacy in geroscience: the hyperfunction theory and the therapeutic potential of rapamycin.”

This review, written by Dr. David A. Barzilai, from Geneva College of Longevity Science and Healthspan Coaching LLC, summarizes the outstanding scientific contributions of the late Dr. Mikhail “Misha” Blagosklonny, Founding Editor-in-Chief of Aging. Dr. Blagosklonny’s research changed how researchers and scientists think about aging by introducing a new theory and promoting the use of rapamycin, an mTOR inhibitor, to slow aging and extend healthy life. Published shortly after his passing, this review honors Dr. Blagosklonny’s work and highlights how it challenged the traditional belief that aging is caused mainly by accumulated damage in the body.

Instead of describing aging as an accumulation of cellular damage, Dr. Blagosklonny’s Hyperfunction Theory redefined it as an ongoing biological process that goes into “overdrive” and leads to age-related diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular problems, and memory loss.

He identified the mTOR pathway—an important growth signal in the body—as a key driver of this process. His research showed that by using rapamycin, which slows down mTOR activity, it is possible to reduce aging-related diseases and promote longer, healthier lives.

Research supports many of Dr. Blagosklonny’s predictions about rapamycin’s benefits. Studies show that it can improve immune responses in older adults, making vaccines more effective. Other studies suggest rapamycin may help protect the heart, reduce harmful brain inflammation, and prevent the buildup of proteins linked to Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Blagosklonny also proposed that rapamycin could reduce cancer risk by preventing excessive growth signals that contribute to tumor development.

Believing in rapamycin’s potential as a “longevity drug,” Dr. Blagosklonny advocated for its careful use with medical supervision and precise dosing. He called for further research and even envisioned “longevity clinics” where personalized anti-aging treatments could be provided. The review also highlights ongoing scientific efforts to refine rapamycin therapies and explore new options with fewer side effects.

In conclusion, Dr. Blagosklonny has inspired a global shift toward viewing aging as a condition that can be managed rather than an inevitable decline. His research has left a legacy in the fields of geroscience, aging, and cancer prevention.

“This contribution will undoubtedly be remembered in the coming decades and beyond as an innovative contribution to our theoretical grasp of the aging process and a foundation for exploring effective therapeutic approaches.”

Read the full paper: DOI: https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.206189

Corresponding author: David A. Barzilai, david.longevity@gmail.com

Keywords: aging, rapamycin, longevity medicine, healthspan, geroscience, hyperfunction

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About Aging:

The journal Aging aims to promote 1) treatment of age-related diseases by slowing down aging, 2) validation of anti-aging drugs by treating age-related diseases, and 3) prevention of cancer by inhibiting aging. (Cancer and COVID-19 are age-related diseases.)

Aging is indexed by PubMed/Medline (abbreviated as “Aging (Albany NY)”), PubMed Central, Web of Science: Science Citation Index Expanded (abbreviated as “Aging‐US” and listed in the Cell Biology and Geriatrics & Gerontology categories), Scopus (abbreviated as “Aging” and listed in the Cell Biology and Aging categories), Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, EMBASE, META (Chan Zuckerberg Initiative) (2018-2022), and Dimensions (Digital Science).

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Oncotarget

Open-Access Oncotarget Shifts to Continuous Publishing

January 6, 2022

As of 2022, the peer-reviewed and open-access journal Oncotarget has shifted to continuous publishing.

As of January 1, 2022, Oncotarget has shifted to a continuous publishing model. Papers will now be published continuously within yearly volumes in their final and complete form.
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BUFFALO, NY, January 6, 2022 – Since its inception in 2010, Oncotarget has operated as a traditional-style journal that publishes online page numbered issues of peer-reviewed papers. Final paginated issues were then released in their permanent form to Pubmed.

As of 2022, Oncotarget has shifted to a continuous publishing model. Papers will now be published continuously within yearly volumes in their final and complete form. This means that qualified, rigorously peer-reviewed articles will be published online as soon as they are in their fully formatted and final version of record. With continuous publication, articles posted online are complete with citation details and are available in full text html and PDF formats. Additionally, research papers will appear on PubMed quickly—just days after the papers are published by Oncotarget.

Why the change? In an increasingly digital world, the open-access continuous publishing model is ideal for authors, researchers and overall readership. Continuous publishing allows for faster research dissemination, citation and clinical application, compared to a traditional format.

Oncotarget is committed to doing our part to ensure that research is available to the biomedical community as quickly as possible, while maintaining high standards of quality.

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About Impact Journals (Oncotarget’s publisher):

Impact Journals is a New York-based open-access publisher with a mission to provide scientists with the opportunity to share their exceptional discoveries, and to present vital findings from different fields of biomedical science. Our goal is life without disease.

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