Global longevity competition for $101 million names semifinalists—here are their ideas for extending life by 10 years or more

Global longevity competition for $101 million names semifinalists—here are their ideas for extending life by 10 years or more

The contestants in a race to extend life are on their second lap. In a seven-year global competition, teams are rushing to discover novel therapeutics and interventions that can extend human life by a decade and help people age well.  In 2023, Peter Diamandis, an entrepreneur, self-proclaimed futurist, and founder and executive chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, launched the $101 million healthspan competition. Since then, over 600 teams from 58…

XPrize semifinalists race to add 20 healthy years to human life - The Boston Globe

The XPrize chose 40 semifinalists, each racing to add 20 years of healthy life to aging Americans.

The Road to Greater Human Longevity is Longer than Desired

As noted in this article, progress towards ways to significantly extend the healthy human life span continues to be slower than desired. Further, most of the approaches to the problem are little better than exercise. One can't conjure extra decades and a reversal of aging using calorie restriction mimetic drugs. That part of the field focused on therapies that can only modestly slow aging must atrophy in favor of more viable classes of therapy, …