Spring is within the air if you’re within the Northern Hemisphere, and within the theme of recent development, let’s see what the Lifespan.io group has been as much as just lately.
Glad Birthday to Lifespan.io
Immediately, March twenty first, it’s our birthday, and we rejoice 10 years of supporting rejuvenation analysis.
Lifespan.io President Keith Comito mentioned, “Once we launched 10 years in the past, it was all the time our plan to observe the steps laid out by those that got here earlier than us. We hoped to ultimately see a day the place rejuvenation analysis can be taken critically by world leaders.”
Coincidentally, that is additionally the day that the Lifespan group can be on the Washington, DC fly-in event. Members of the longevity caucus and ARPA-H will be part of A4LI, a bunch centered on political motion on getting old. There can be a report from the occasion so that you can take pleasure in within the coming weeks, so be looking for that!
What is occurring echoes the “Life Extension: How to Reach a Societal Turning Point” discuss Keith gave in August 2016 on the D.N.A. Convention.
The discuss emphasised the significance of efficient messaging, training, and collective motion to realize widespread acceptance for all times extension. He proposed a three-step plan:
- Having a transparent and inclusive message
- A constant name to motion
- Mobilizing initiatives into transformative initiatives
Rather a lot has modified since we first began out a decade in the past, and progress within the discipline has actually began to amp up. There’s nonetheless an extended method to go, however it’s nice to see our authentic objectives starting to return to fruition.
Longevity on the agenda at Vitalia
We just lately went to Vitalia, an occasion with a give attention to life extension on the Caribbean island of Roatán. There, main specialists from the rejuvenation biotechnology, DeSci, and know-how sectors are assembly to debate the longer term.
Much like Vitalik Buterin’s Zuzalu occasion final 12 months, Vitalia continues the idea of the experimental pop-up metropolis. It’s occurring in and round Próspera, a Particular Financial Zone with authorized and regulatory autonomy. The occasion began January sixth and ends on April 1st, so there may be nonetheless time to go to.
Prospera ZEDE is a singular financial zone established below the Honduran structure. Its goal is to create jobs and increase the financial system by way of selling entrepreneurial actions. It’s acknowledged for having a extremely revolutionary authorized framework that’s pro-technology and complicated.
Vitalia had a transparent mission: To speed up progress in extending wholesome human lifespan. To that finish, the occasion had 4 bi-weekly themes:
- Longevity & Human Enchancment.
- Crypto Cities & Community States.
- AI & Technological Progress.
- Pathways to Wholesome Life Extension.
President Keith Comito, Government Director Stephanie Dainow, journalist Arkadi Mazin, and James Hale and Christie Sacco from advertising had been current.
“Vitalia was not simply enjoyable but additionally a fantastic instance of devoted folks consciously selecting work over leisure,” Arkadi mentioned. “Whereas it was straightforward to get sucked into all of the issues the island needed to provide, Vitalians balanced it admirably with networking, studying, constructing new corporations and connections.
Vitalia is the primary pop-up metropolis that principally ditched the “pop-up” half by choosing a everlasting presence. About 30 folks have determined to remain there, and now, all longevity fans may have this superb place as a type of dwelling base. Actually, I can’t wait to return there.”
These pop-up metropolis occasions have gotten more and more fashionable. They’re a good way for teams of individuals to have interaction and provoke constructive motion for longevity tech. It’s actually fairly superb simply how a lot the longevity panorama has modified within the final 10 years or so.
Solely a decade in the past, there was little funding for analysis and even much less public curiosity. Fortunately that scenario is considerably completely different now, and there are aging interventions close to and even in clinical trials as we speak.
If you wish to discover out extra, make sure to take a look at the occasion report Hard Science and Long-Shot Ideas Meet in Vitalia by Arkadi Mazin.
The Million Molecule Problem
Mitchell Lee and Matt Kaeberlein, together with different researchers, have launched the Million-Molecule Challenge in collaboration with Ora Biomedical. This initiative goals to shortly assess quite a few compounds that will have the power to boost longevity and promote total well being.
Lifespan.io has partnered with Ora Biomedical to supply monetary help for this endeavor. Via fiscal sponsorship, a non-profit group grants its tax-exempt standing to particular entities and exterior initiatives that align with the group’s objectives.
Lifespan.io has determined to again The Million-Molecule Problem as a result of we consider that it has the potential to drive important progress in our comprehension of getting old and potential methods to fight it.
In case you are curious to be taught extra about how the group is utilizing the superb WormBot and different instruments to establish longevity molecules, take a look at How to Test One Million Molecules by Arkadi Mazin.
You’ll be able to sponsor intervention(s) to be examined and even suggest your individual experiment as a part of the challenge. Take a look at the Million-Molecule Challenge web page to seek out out extra and get entangled!
The longevity race: Nationwide Methods for International Management
Lifespan Government Director, Stephanie Dainow just lately spoke on the Nationwide College of Singapore’s Centre for Healthy Longevity Conference 2024.
The occasion centered on dietary supplements with potential to increase healthspan and lifespan. NAD+ precursors, multivitamins, fisetin, and urolithin A had been among the dietary supplements being mentioned.
Lifespan.io took a distinct angle on the convention and selected to speak about longevity within the context of a contest between nations. Stephanie’s discuss likened the longevity motion to a race and seemed on the varied nationwide methods for world management. The thought was to take a look at the issue of getting old and the sick well being it brings another way.
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She in contrast the race to resolve getting old as being much like the area race or the arms race seen through the Chilly Battle. Each of those historic races had been basically a contest between nations to dominate and obtain a strategic technological objective.
Identical to profitable the area race or the chilly battle, fixing getting old can even imply attaining a fantastic strategic victory and far energy. There’s a clear alternative for a pacesetter to emerge within the longevity race. However who can be first?
As soon as the primary breakthroughs in rejuvenation biotech and longevity arrive it is going to be transformative for healthcare. That is inevitable and there’s no stopping it as soon as the genie is set free of the bottle.
Stephanie’s discuss got down to reply the next questions:
- Who’s going to be the worldwide chief?
- Who will inform greatest practices?
- Who will set the brand new requirements?
- Who’s going to have authority?
- How does someone win the race?
- What does that management and affect truly appear like?
The longevity race has begun, and there can be implications for nations falling behind. Because of this Lifespan.io is wanting on the discipline not solely from a scientific viewpoint but additionally from a geopolitical one.
Our plans for 2024 are massive, and we want your help
Lastly, we kindly ask a favor from you. As a nonprofit group, we rely on the backing of our viewers to proceed offering a various vary of content material centered on residing an extended and wholesome life. We have now massive plans for 2024, and listed here are some examples.
- Sponsorship of groundbreaking, underfunded analysis.
- Reliable longevity news and education, reaching as many as a million folks per thirty days.
- Making extra high-impact collaborations, comparable to our partnership with Chris Hemsworth’s Centr.
- Accelerating and funding quite a few longevity biotech startups by way of our Longevity Investor Network.
- Dispelling misconceptions and altering the narrative round getting old, rejuvenation, and longevity.
Your help issues, now greater than ever. Be a part of us in making a long-lasting affect by making a contribution. Collectively, we are able to create a more healthy future for everybody!
