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

Participants: Healthy, overweight older adults 
Dosage: 6 mg/day of spermidine supplemented orally for 13 weeks

Oxford scientists find that spermidine, a naturally occurring molecule that declines with age, rejuvenates aging immune cells and improves vaccine protection in older adults. 


Study conducted at the University of Oxford in England. 

Immunity

Aging Guru Bryan Johnson’s Supplement List for 2026

Changes to Bryan Johnson’s latest supplement stack include taking NMN or NR six days a week, rather than seven, and eliminating the use of rapamycin.

(Bryan Johnson, who utilizes a continuously updated protocol to slow aging and optimize his body | Netflix)

Changes to Bryan Johnson’s updated 2026 supplement stack include taking NMN or NR six days a week instead of seven and removing rapamycin.

Harvard: Microbiome Depletion Rejuvenates the Aging Brain

Harvard researchers find that aged mice lacking gut bacteria exhibit a brain more like that of young mice. 

The Principal Investigator of the study, Dr. Lee Rubin (image: harvard.edu). 

Brain &amp; Neurons

The interventions that may help fix or reset circadian rhythms, which decline with age. 

A representation of Kairos, not to be confused with Kronos (original image: misel-trogir.com).

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