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$6M+

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23 Projects funded with $4.5 million
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Discovering Novel Autophagy Activators - Korolchuk Lab

Autophagy - the mechanism to recycle cellular components - becomes dysregulated with age and is associated with numerous diseases. The Korolchuk lab, based at Newcastle University, will screen a compound library to identify novel autophagy-activating compounds with the aim of restoring autophagy function to aged cells.

$ 285,000
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Turn Biotechnologies - mRNA Therapeutics with Lipid Nanoparticle Delivery

Turn Bio develops mRNA medicines that induce the body to heal itself by instructing specific cells to fight disease or repair damaged tissue. They are reprogramming the epigenome – a network of chemical compounds and proteins controlling cell functions to restore capabilities that are lost with age.

$ 1,000,000
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Rubedo.Life - Prodrug Discovery Platform

Rubedo is building a platform for longevity medicines using “smart drugs” (prodrugs) that have the capacity to selectively be activated in target cells predicted to be pathogenic and the cause of age-related diseases.

$ 350,000
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ARTAN Bio - Mutation-Specific Codon Suppression for Aging and Longevity

ARTAN is a biotechnology company developing first-in-class interventions to tackle the most frequent nonsense mutations implicated in a wide range of age-related diseases and cancers. These nonsense mutations induce premature stops of protein translation when occurring in coding regions.

$ 91,300
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The Longevity Prize

Initiative

The Longevity Prize is a series of prizes to award and accelerate progress in longevity and rejuvenation research. It was initiated by VitaDAO and funded through donations through our gitcoin quadratic donation round and partnered with Foresight Institute, Methuselah Foundation and Lifespan.

$ 24,000
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The VitaDAO Longevity Fellowship

Initiative

The VitaDAO Longevity Fellowship is aimed at distributing need-based micro grants to help students and early career stage individuals with interest in longevity get more deeply involved in longevity. This is aimed at activities ranging from short term research to attending a conference, or joining a program such as the Longevity Biotech Fellowship.

$ 20,000
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The Longevity Decentralized Review (TLDR)

Initiative

The Longevity Decentralized Review (TLDR) is an on-demand service that provides peer reviews of scientific manuscripts and compensates reviewers for their work. It is funded from fees of those who submit their research to be reviewed, as well as donations. The focus of the content is longevity research posted to preprint servers such as Biorxiv, Medrxiv, and Arxiv.

20,000 VITA
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The Longevist - Overlay Longevity Research Journal

Initiative

An overlay journal to curate the most impactful longevity research every quarter, as voted by a mix of industry & academic experts in the longevity space.

$ 50,000
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