Fight Aging!

The Methuselah Foundation volunteers are setting up a new podcast series, to be published at the Bristlecone and available on mobile devices via the standard channels such as iTunes; you'll find links to the first few editions below.

The Methuselah Foundation continues to be very influential in that part of the research community interesting in making significant progress towards rejuvenation therapies and related technologies, and among the supporters of this work. Since spinning off the SENS Research Foundation into its own organization back in 2009, the Methuselah Foundation has focused as much on tissue engineering as on other needed advances in longevity-related medicine, such as through initiatives like the New Organ prizes and providing seed funding to bioprinting startup Organovo in its early stages. An eclectic range of other projects have also been funded, such as bowhead whale sequencing, funding for Oisin Biotechnology's work on senescent cell clearance, and of course the original Methuselah Mouse Prize to encourage the creation of greater healthy longevity in animal studies is still running.

Perhaps of greater importance is what you don't see. The networking and influence applied behind the scenes by Methuselah Foundation co-founders David Gobel and Aubrey de Grey, and by numerous allies inside and outside the scientific community, has played a large role in the transformation of the aging research community and the public perception of its work over the past decade, most importantly in the acceptance of treating aging as a medical condition, and the willingness of researchers to speak out in public on this topic. Fifteen years ago was a very different time, in which to talk seriously about extending human longevity was to risk your professional future in the research community. Forcing that to change was a necessary first step on the road to ending aging as a threat to health.

And now here we are, on the verge of prototype versions of several rejuvenation biotechnologies, with stem cell and genetic medicine advancing rapidly alongside, equipped with the ability to get out there and raise funds, to convince people that the golden future is just around the corner, if only the support is found. It's a whole new age in comparison to just a few short years ago, and a lot of people should be waking up to ask how they can help, and what will happen next. In the second and third podcast linked here you'll find an interview with David Gobel; I think you'll find it an interesting look at what the Methuselah Foundation is doing to help advance the cause of human longevity, accelerating progress towards numerous facets of the treatment of aging as a medical condition.

Episode 001 of the Methuselah 300 Podcast

An introduction to a new way of staying in touch with the the Foundation's work. In this episode, you'll learn what the podcast will be about and what you can expect to see in the future.

Episode 002 of the Methuselah 300 Podcast

In this episode of the Methuselah 300 Podcast, we'll interview founder Dave Gobel and learn what planted the seed for the idea that would grow into the Methuselah Foundation. You'll also learn the specifics of some of the innovations the foundation is working hard to create.

Episode 003 of the Methuselah 300 Podcast

In this episode of the Methuselah 300 Podcast, we'll continue our interview with founder Dave Gobel as he explains more of the areas of regenerative medicine that the foundation is working toward, some new partnerships and backers -including NASA - and how he believes future life will be impacted in the near and mid term by exciting progress currently being made in medical research.