Tuesday, June 07, 2022

Saudi Arabia plans to spend $1 billion a year discovering treatments to slow aging

Good luck with that! However, I suspect we are only 10-20 years away to make major progress to living healthier and longer lives based on science and medicine.

$1 billion could make a huge difference if spent wisely! Motto: "Giving Aging a Better Future".

What about the belief in the afterlife and paradise in Islam?

"... The Saudi royal family has started a not-for-profit organization called the Hevolution Foundation that plans to spend up to $1 billion a year of its oil wealth to investigate the biology of aging and find ways to extend the number of years people live in good health. ..."

About the Foundation:
"Founded in 2021, Hevolution Foundation is a first of its kind non-profit organization that provides grants and early-stage investments to incentivize independent research and entrepreneurship in the emerging field of healthspan science. Headquartered in Riyadh, with hubs planned in North America, Europe and Asia, the Foundation has developed a set of key goals and targets to support our Vision & Mission. ..."

Saudi Arabia plans to spend $1 billion a year discovering treatments to slow aging | MIT Technology Review The oil kingdom fears that its population is aging at an accelerated rate and hopes to test drugs to reverse the problem. First up might be the diabetes drug metformin.

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