June 04, 2024
In this latest edition of the Longevity and DeSci Recap, we’ll take a look back at May’s events, research, and investments to give you the latest update on what’s going on in the Longevity and DeSci world. As the weather is heating up, so too are events surrounding longevity. Not only are there four great...
October 23, 2023
VitaDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), has launched its first biotech, Matrix Biosciences. This is a real milestone for new models of funding for the scientific community. The launch is in collaboration with Vera Gorbunova from the University of Rochester's Aging Research Center and is well-known in the field for her work with naked mole...
October 10, 2023
If you want to contribute to Lifespan.io and use cryptocurrency, there is a great opportunity happening right now to support our work! Donate to help us solve aging We promote the advancement of medical technologies that will increase healthy human longevity. By sponsoring, democratizing, and funding aging research, combined with responsible journalism, we aim...
May 01, 2023
As the second month of spring, April is often associated with rebirth, and we've added rejuvenation to the mix with cryptocurrency donation initiatives, biotechnology company progress, and plenty of science. LEAF News A Busy Spring for Rejuvenation Research and Advocacy: Lifespan.io's birthday was in April, and we proudly celebrated nine years of being a non-profit...
April 28, 2023
We have two scientific research projects in the new Gitcoin fundraising round. Help us to combat Alzheimer's disease or improve how clinical trials are conducted today! An alternative way to fund science Gitcoin is a decentralized science (DeSci) platform that utilizes blockchain technology to support the development of open-source projects using Web3 technologies, with the...
April 05, 2023
For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, spring has finally arrived, and with it, we have lots of news to share with you! Happy birthday to us! That’s right, folks, it's our birthday, and we are celebrating nine years of being a non-profit organization that advocates, educates, and fundraises for healthy life extension and...
February 10, 2023
On January 22nd, hack-age won the 2023 LongHack competition, which carried a grand prize of 5,500 VITA and 3,500 USD. Lifespan.io caught up with the team behind the winning project to learn more about their idea and their experience competing in the hackathon. What is LongHack? LongHack is a hackathon organized by VitaDAO and its...
October 14, 2022
As a non-profit organization, our goal is to engage and educate the public about the potential of rejuvenation and a world in which age-related diseases are a thing of the past. With that in mind, this is the ideal opportunity to tell you about some of the exciting things that we have done recently and...
August 12, 2022
The Longevity Prize is a series of prizes designed to honor the researchers who are helping to build a future in which age-related diseases are a thing of the past. This new initiative aims to accelerate progress in the rejuvenation biotechnology field and encourage innovation. While great strides in our understanding of aging have been...
May 17, 2022
We have written extensively about VitaDAO, a collective dedicated to community-governed, decentralized drug development. Probably the fastest and cheapest way to get geroprotective drugs to the market is by repurposing existing drugs, such as rapamycin, metformin, and acarbose. These drugs cost next to nothing, have a known safety record, and have shown a lot of...
December 01, 2020
How to Support Lifespan.io with Cryptocurrency Donations We can accept donations in various cryptocurrency if you wish to support our ongoing work in this way. In fact we have noticed that there is a strong overlap between the blockchain community in general with those who support our work, and multiple cryptocurrency pioneers such as Vitalik...
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January 25, 2022
Gitcoin is a platform dedicated to supporting and growing the open-source software that will likely serve as the foundation of Web3. The Gitcoin crypto platform launched in 2017 to foster collaboration on open-source initiatives by incentivizing developers to take on projects with payments and grants. Gitcoin focuses on funding “public goods” projects that are intended...
