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New Paper on the Economic Impact of Longevity Treatments

This is a useful new paper by Andrew J. Scott, Martin Ellison & David A. Sinclair. Published in Nature, the two economists along with David Sinclair say that “We show that a slowdown in aging that increases life expectancy by

Longevity investment: small sums behind big ideas

Here’s an article by the folks at Longevity Technology that explains a bit about what I’ve been up to lately with 100 Plus Capital. “While longevity is now seeing increasing interest from major Silicon Valley investment firms, companies in our

Fasting Mimicking Diet has positive impact on cancer therapy

Here’s the Nature paper. “Fasting mimicking diet as an adjunct to neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer in the multicentre randomized phase 2 DIRECT trial Abstract Short-term fasting protects tumor-bearing mice against the toxic effects of chemotherapy while enhancing therapeutic efficacy.

Making aging a disease — a policy prescription

Here is a Science paper by Stuart R. G. Calimport and others arguing that the WHO should comprehensively classify and stage aging, aging-related and metabolic diseases as a series of diseases and syndromes. For instance, skin aging is already classified,

Wild Earth CEO on the Clean Food Movement

Congratulations to Ryan Bethencourt on a great CNBC interview. I’m a proud investor! http://https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2019-09-13/wild-earth-ceo-sees-rising-demand-for-plant-based-pet-food-video?fbclid=IwAR3w8h239gmbx7HVeUASdqqrBQnR22mkxZiCMCgmrguyABGHUYXJQSav_e4

Dinner Keynote at Senior Living 100

I had a great time giving the dinner keynote at the Senior Living 100 conference tonight. There were lots of impressive entrepreneurs at this conference who are helping longer-lived people live great lives (including the amazing Carrie Shaw of Embodied