Million for immortality

As you know, not so long ago, Google has established subsidiary Calico , which deals with issues of immortality, or, simply, the "old-age treatment ". Do Google and partner companies (one of them - the pharmaceutical giant from Chicago Corporation AbbVie) enough finances to support research on any scale and intensity. Now the size of investments in Calico make half a billion dollars.

However, recently it was announced about another project to combat old age and death. We are talking about premium Palo Alto Longevity Prize , the size of which - US $ 1 million. About the award was announced in San Francisco, and it will be awarded to a scientist or team who can deal with the two issues identified (respectively, for the solution of each question scientist or team receives 500 thousand US dollars).

first question, or more precisely, the problem is - it's recovery heart rate at the "older" animal (the person it does not go) to that of the period of youth. Scientists believe that such a result is possible only in case of return of the "Youth homeostasis."

The second problem - a increase in life expectancy of the animal at 50%
The check result is performed by comparison of the experimental animals with those of the control group of animals of the same species. Unfortunately, it is not known exactly what kind of animal in question.

To participate in the contest can any group of scientists, but there is the factor of control, wanting to have to pay the entry fee of $ 1000 to $ 2000, the amount of the contribution depends on the time of registration.

Results of the study on the first issue must be received no later than June 2016, on the second - no later than September 2018.



Already a desire to participate in the project expressed 11 research teams:

Doris Taylor, Ph.D.
Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX
http://paloaltoprize.com/team/team-taylor-lab/
TEAM NAME: T.H.I. REGENERATIVE MEDICINE (approach: stem cells)
Dongsheng Cai, M.D., Ph.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY
http://paloaltoprize.com/team/cai-lab/
TEAM NAME: CAI LAB (approach: hypothalamic regulation) Andreas Birkenfeld, MD
Charite University School of Medicine, Berlin, Germany
http://paloaltoprize.com/team/team-indy/
TEAM NAME: INDY (approach: gene modification)
Jin Hyung Lee, Ph.D.
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
http://paloaltoprize.com/team/team-lee-lab/
TEAM NAME: LEE LAB (approach: neuromodulation)
David Mendelowitz, Ph.D.
George Washington University, Washington, DC
http://paloaltoprize.com/team/team-mendelowitz-lab/
TEAM NAME: MENDELOWITZ LAB (approach: oxytocin)
Scott Wolf, M.D.
Mountain View, CA
http://paloaltoprize.com/team/volts-medical/
TEAM NAME: VOLTS MEDICAL (approach: inflammatory tissues)
Irving Zucker, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
http://paloaltoprize.com/team/team-zucker-lab/
TEAM NAME: ZUCKER LAB (approach: neuromodulation)
Brian Olshansky, M.D.
University of Iowa Medical Center, Iowa City, IA
http://paloaltoprize.com/team/team-olshansky-lab
TEAM NAME: IOWA PRO-AUTONOMIA (approach: not yet public)
William Sarill, M.A.
Arlington, MA
http://paloaltoprize.com/team/team-sarill-lab/
TEAM NAME: DECO (approach: pituitary hormones)
Steven Porges, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
http://paloaltoprize.com/team/team-porges-lab/
TEAM NAME: POLYVAGAL SCIENCE
(Approach: optimizing both the left & right vagal branches)
Shin-Ichiro Imai, M.D., Ph.D.
Washington University, St. Louis, MO
http://paloaltoprize.com/team/imai-lab/
TEAM NAME: IMAI LAB (approach: gene modification)

Source: habrahabr.ru/post/237051/