{"id":1042510,"date":"2012-01-01T16:48:10","date_gmt":"2012-01-01T16:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.longevitymedicine.tv\/methuselah-foundation-sneak-peek-and-call-for-donations\/"},"modified":"2024-08-17T16:58:05","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T20:58:05","slug":"methuselah-foundation-sneak-peek-and-call-for-donations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/longevity-medicine\/methuselah-foundation-sneak-peek-and-call-for-donations.php","title":{"rendered":"Methuselah Foundation Sneak Peek and Call for Donations"},"content":{"rendered":"

So what is the Methuselah Foundation<\/a> up to these days? As you might know, the Foundation has administered the Mprize for longevity science<\/a> since 2003: a multi-million dollar prize fund that encourages researchers to find ways to extend healthy life in mice<\/a> - a good marker for technologies that may then be applicable to other mammals, such as we humans. Last year, the Foundation inaugurated a new prize<\/a>, the NewOrgan prize that aims to spur greater progress in tissue engineering and the creation of functional new organs from a patient's own cells. This dovetails with the Foundation's investment strategy: helping to fund companies that focus on advanced tissue engineering, such as Organovo<\/a>, and solving organ transplant issues, such as Silverstone Solutions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Methuselah Foundation sent out a sneak peek email yesterday with a pointer to the New Organ Mprize website<\/a> and the first pledge drive with matching funds: this will be the big thing for the coming year. Here is the text:<\/p>\n

Time for something new and personal.<\/p>\n

In 2012, the next chapter for Methuselah and the journey for an enduring answer for millions will begin. We are excited to share this preview with our closest supporters and friends. <\/p>\n

Introducing New Organ Mprize.<\/p>\n

Think of a time when no one has to suffer and die waiting for an organ that never arrives. New Organ is creating the public prize that builds urgency for that future. <\/p>\n

Sneak peek.<\/p>\n

While we're finishing the campaign's site, we'd like to give you a preview of its homepage<\/a>. We hope you like it as much as we do. Look for more pages in a few weeks. <\/p>\n

Showing momentum.<\/p>\n

Our goal is $200,000 by February 28th. To help achieve this and establish traction at launch, Organovo's Keith Murphy has pledged to match gifts up to $25,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Become a New Organ Founder.<\/p>\n

We invite you to join us at the beginning. Let?s start New Organ with 25% of the job done. Kickstart the prize!<\/a><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My yearly round of donations remain divided between the SENS Foundation and Methuselah Foundation - the two organizations to appear prominently on the Fight Aging! Take Action page<\/a>. Both are worthy causes, consistently achieving a great deal more behind the scenes in networking and persuasion with the scientific and research funding communities than is apparent from the front end. A large fraction of the sea change in the aging research community in recent years<\/a> can be attributed to the communities centered on these organizations.<\/p>\n

Aiming to extend the healthy human life span has come to be a respectable goal in the scientific community over the past ten years. That wasn't always the case, and it's easy to forget just how much of a sea change has taken place since the [turn of the century].<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source:
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