XPRIZE Healthspan launches $101 million competition to test anti-aging therapies in older adults
Jamie Justice, former Wake Forest professor, now leads XPRIZE Healthspan, a global contest aimed at finding treatments that can restore muscle, cognition and immune function in older people.
The competition offers a $101 million prize pool. Ten teams were chosen from a field of forty this year and must conduct year‑long randomized controlled trials before a winner is named in 2030.
Participants are pursuing diverse strategies, from exercise programs to senolytic drugs that clear damaged cells, reflecting the broad interest in slowing the aging process and the need for rigorous evidence of efficacy.
This writeup was produced by pharmadog from original reporting by STAT.
Original headline: “STAT+: The woman behind the world’s biggest longevity competition”
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