I recently noted the Astera Institute’s Rejuvenome project. The work will be conducted in collaboration with the Buck Institute. It is a sizable proposal, to conduct large and rigorous mouse studies with the ultimate goal of testing combined interventions, a necessary activity that the research community and industry alike largely fail to carry out. This is a big problem in the field of aging, as aging is the outcome of a range of distinct processes of damage accumulation. Sizable degrees of rejuvenation or slowing of aging can in the long run only emerge from combinations of approaches, repairing or working around multiple forms of damage. Given this large gap in research and development, one that will never be filled by existing institutions, philanthropic efforts must step in to fill the…
The Rejuvenome Project Announces Collaboration with the Buck Institute
I recently noted the Astera Institute’s Rejuvenome project. The work will be conducted in collaboration with the Buck Institute. It is a sizable proposal, to conduct large and rigorous mouse studies with the ultimate goal of testing combined interventions, a necessary activity that the research community and industry alike largely fail to carry out. This is a big problem in the field of aging, as aging is the outcome of a range of distinct processes of damage accumulation. Sizable degrees of rejuvenation or slowing of aging can in the long run only emerge from combinations of approaches, repairing or working around multiple forms of damage. Given this large gap in research and development, one that will never be filled by existing institutions, philanthropic efforts must step in to fill the…