Health
MBS, Lululemon Founder to Help Fund $101 Million Prize for Anti-Aging Research
- Award is largest since Elon Musk’s for carbon removal
- A $10 million bonus will focus on muscular dystrophy
The competition will focus on therapeutics that restore muscle, cognition, and immune function by a minimum of 10 years in people 65-to-80 years old.
Photographer: Pascal Pochard-Casabianca/AFP/Getty ImagesThe XPrize Foundation, a nonprofit that funds scientific research, said it will award $101 million to anti-aging research, a topic that is often dismissed as a quixotic quest for the fountain of youth.
The award is the largest in the history of the foundation, which has launched more than two dozen prizes since its inception in 1994. The competition will run seven years, and focus on therapeutics that restore muscle, cognition, and immune function by a minimum of 10 years in people 65-to-80 years old — in one year or less.