Life Extension Advocacy Foundation
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| Founded | March 2014 |
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| Founder | Keith Comito, Oliver Medvedik, Richard Kaufman, Apneet Jolly |
| Type | 501(c)(3) non-profit organization |
| Focus | Regenerative medicine, Life extension |
| Location | |
Area served | Global |
Key people | Keith Comito, Oliver Medvedik, Steve Hill, Elena Milova |
| Website | www |
| www.lifespan.io | |
The Life Extension Advocacy Foundation (LEAF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in New York, New York, United States. Founded in 2014, it directly supports fundamental research on the main mechanisms of aging and age-related diseases[1] and disseminating knowledge about the possibility to bring aging under medical control in order to prevent, postpone and cure age-related diseases.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
The flagship project of LEAF is Lifespan.io, a nonprofit crowdfunding platform focused on the biomedical research of aging. As of 2017, the platform has hosted 6 successful projects, including two projects by the SENS Research Foundation: an OncoSENS ALT-related project in 2016 and a MitoSENS mitochondrial repair-focused project in 2015.[8]
Outreach and education[edit]
LEAF maintains a variety of educational activities: a Blog & Newsletter, a Livestreamed monthly Scientific Journal Club, hosting online and offline conferences, and speaking engagements at scientific and public conferences.
In 2017, as a part of its outreach activities, it provided scientific advice to help Kurzgesagt create two educational popular science videos about biological aging and the potential of regenerative medicine .[9][10]
References[edit]
- ↑ Eng, Karen Frances (2018-01-02). "A crowdfunding platform aims to solve the puzzle of aging". TED (conference). Retrieved 2018-03-04.
- ↑ Evolution of medical care in the digital world. Fox News.
- ↑ Today’s Kids Could Live Through Machine Superintelligence, Martian Colonies, and a Nuclear Attack. Vice.
- ↑ Бизнесмен потратил $200 тысяч, чтобы с помощью биотехнологий обрести вечную жизнь. Комсомольская Правда.
- ↑ Руководство к действию для активиста по радикальному продлению жизни XX2 ВЕК
- ↑ SingularityU: 6 способов говорить с людьми об отмене старения. Singularity University Moscow Chapter. Retrieved on November 21, 2017
- ↑ LEAF Blog & Newsletter
- ↑ Boominathan, A., Vanhoozer, S., Basisty, N., Powers, K., Crampton, A. L., Wang, X., ... & O'Connor, M. S. (2016). Stable nuclear expression of ATP8 and ATP6 genes rescues a mtDNA Complex V null mutant. Nucleic acids research, 44(19), 9342-9357. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkw756
- ↑ Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever?. Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell. Retrieved on November 21, 2017.
- ↑ How to Cure Aging – During Your Lifetime?. Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell. Retrieved on November 21, 2017.
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