Finalist Teams Awarded $1 Million in XPrize Healthspan Contest to Transform Healthy Aging

The XPrize Healthspan—which will split $101 million among teams developing therapeutics to restore muscle, cognitive, and immune function in older adults—has named 10 teams receiving $1 million each.

(XPrize announced the finalists for its XPrize Healthspan competition | XPrize)

The XPrize Healthspan competition has named its top 20 finalist groups that will submit their aging intervention therapies for human trial testing.

Aging &amp; Longevity

The Overlooked Organ That Could Hold the Key to Fighting Aging

Scientists are researching ways to regrow the thymus, an immune organ that vanishes with age, to suppress the tolls of aging.

(The thymus [colored orange] is located in the upper chest | NAD.com)

An organ involved in immunity, the thymus, vanishes as people get older, and scientists are researching ways to regrow it to fight aging.

Immunity

Model: C57BL/6J mice 
Dosage: Eating only within an 8-hour window and fasting for 16 hours (~20% caloric deficit may be required)

Restricting food intake for 16 hours a day improves the health of female mice and moderately prolongs the life of male mice. 

The principal investigators of the study (from left to right): Dr. Carla Green, Dr. Victoria Acosta-Rodriguez, and Dr. Joseph Takahashi (image: dallasnews.com). 

GlyNAC and Exercise for Age-Related Muscle Loss: Mechanisms and Clinical Evidence

Human trials report that GlyNAC and exercise regimens improve dysfunction of the cell’s powerhouses (mitochondria), inflammation, muscle strength, and cognition.

(Some GlyNAC tablets above the chemical structure of GlyNAC | Vitamin Retailer)

GlyNAC supplementation and exercise alleviate mitochondrial dysfunction, lower inflammation, increase muscle strength, and bolster cognition.

Skin &amp; Muscle

Participants: Sedentary older adults 
Dosage: 6 mg/week of rapamycin

In older adults, the FDA-approved drug rapamycin, associated with prolonging lifespan, blunts improvements in physical performance.

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10 Finalist Teams Awarded $1 Million in XPrize Healthspan Contest to Transform Healthy Aging

The Overlooked Organ That Could Hold the Key to Fighting Aging

16-Hour Intermittent Fasting Improves Health and Longevity, New Study Confirms

GlyNAC and Exercise for Age-Related Muscle Loss: Mechanisms and Clinical Evidence

Rapamycin and Exercise: New Study Finds Potential Performance Decline