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Longevity Organization Report

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Some guy who doesn't want to die


Aaron King

4/3/17
Network of Longevity and Anti-Aging Organizations
Updated 4/3/2017
Aging Matters Fight Aging! blog Longecity Reddit Longevity Rejuvenaction

Blue Zones Josh Mitteldorf

Judith Campisi
Entrepreneurs Longevity Club 2045 Initiative World Society of Interdisciplinary Anti-Aging Medicine
George Church
Longevity Live Longevity Letter Geroscience Longevity Reporter Humanity+ magazine Water Bear Lair

International Longevity Centre Global Alliance Aubrey de Grey


Health Extension Gerontology Wiki American Society on Aging Maximum Life Foundation Mackenzie Protocol

American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine Leonid Gavrilov


ACT-AD alzheimers Anti-Aging Firewalls blog Rogue Health and Fitness The 110 Club British Longevity Society

WorldHealth.net Joao Pedro de Magalhaes


Forever Healthy New Organ Alliance Found My Fitness Longevity For All LifeStar Institute

Lifeboat Foundation David Sinclair


Organ Preservation Alliance International Cell Senescence Association Palo Alto Longevity Prize Coalition for Radical Life Extension
International Society on Aging and Disease
Human Immortality Project Kevin Perrott
Aging in Motion
Brian Kennedy
Longevity Institute
Alliance for Regenerative Medicine
Matt Kaeberlein
Longevity Unlocked
British Society for Research on Aging Liz Parrish
55 Theses
Michael Rose
Friends of National Institute on Aging
Lifespan.io Caloric Restriction Society
George Martin
Cellular Senescence Blog
Healthspan Campaign Life Extension Advocacy Foundation International Longevity Alliance
Gordon Lithgow
EPLI Foundation for Indefinite Lifespan
Michael Conboy
Longevity History
Brain Preservation Foundation
Jan Vijg
Healthy Life Extension Society American Aging Association Alliance for Aging Research American Federation for Aging Research
How to live a long time
Info Aging Jay Olshansky

Church of Perpetual Life Senescence.info Longevity Science Valter Longo


Global Healthspan Policy Institute Methuselah Foundation Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence

Future of Life Institute Programmed Aging Theory Info Bill Andrews

The War On Aging Nir Barzilai

Ana Maria Cuervo

Cynthia Kenyon

John Furber

Linus Pauling Institute Glenn Foundation for Medical Research USC School of Gerontology Aging Research Network Pennstate Center for Healthy Aging Digital Ageing Atlas

Human Ageing Genomic Resources Albert Einstein College of Medicine The Gerontological Society of America Barshop Institute Stanford Center on Longevity GWAS Resource for Age-related Traits

Max Planck Institute for Biology of Aging Biogerontology Research Foundation Buck Institute Tufts Human Nutrition & Aging University of Iowa Center on Aging Major Mouse Testing Program

Salk Institute National Institute on Aging Ellison Medical Foundation Gerontology Research Group Texas A&M Translational Research NIA Aging Cell Repository

MIT Agelab Regenerative Sciences Institute Donald Reynolds Institute on Aging Better Humans Supercenterian Research Foundation Dog Aging Project

Calico Huffington Center on Aging UCLA Longevity Center Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine Kogod Center on Aging – Mayo Clinic Project 21

Longevity Consortium Upenn Institute on Aging Princeton Longevity Center University of Washington Biology of Aging Columbia Aging Center Human Aging Genomic Resources

UIC Research on Health and Aging Yale Y-AGE University of Liverpool Institute of Aging Harvard University Center for Biology of Aging International Aging Research Portfolio Aging Intervention Foundation

Unity Biotechnology

Alcor
KrioRus

Legendary Pharmaceuticals
Forever Labs

Insilico Medicine
Youngevity

CellAge
DefyTime Science

Centagen
Al Sears MD

Ascendence Biomedical
LEGEND
L-Nutra LifeGen Technologies Ichor Therapeutics Juvenon Telomerase Activation Sciences Longevity Revolution Advocacy, Information, Outreach

Biomarker Pharmaceuticals Longevity Biotech Apollo Ventures Genomix International Antiaging Systems Genescient
Research

Cryonics Institute Oisin Biotechnologies X-Therma Sierra Sciences Life Extension Elysium Health
Undetermined Companies
Everon Biosciences Organovo Inovium Rejuvenation Ambrosia MaxLife Solution Telocyte
Companies with “bad” feel
Gensight Prana Biotechnologies Alkahest Biosenex Life Length

Crack Aging Dallas Anti-Aging and Wellness Notable People


Gero Proteostasis Therapeutics Androcyte

Geron Leucadia Therapeutics Human.Bio

Human Longevity Inc Osiris Green Signum Biosciences

Healthways Retrotope BioTime

Siwa Therapeutics BioViva Ascendance Biotechnology


Comments, suggestions, additions, complaints – biomortality@gmail.com
Network of Longevity and Anti-Aging Organizations
Updated 4/3/2017
Aging Matters Fight Aging! blog Longecity Reddit Longevity Rejuvenaction

Blue Zones Josh Mitteldorf

Judith Campisi
Entrepreneurs Longevity Club 2045 Initiative World Society of Interdisciplinary Anti-Aging Medicine
George Church
Longevity Live Longevity Letter Geroscience Longevity Reporter Humanity+ magazine Water Bear Lair

International Longevity Centre Global Alliance Aubrey de Grey


Health Extension Gerontology Wiki American Society on Aging Maximum Life Foundation Mackenzie Protocol

American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine Leonid Gavrilov


ACT-AD alzheimers Anti-Aging Firewalls blog Rogue Health and Fitness The 110 Club British Longevity Society

WorldHealth.net Joao Pedro de Magalhaes


Forever Healthy New Organ Alliance Found My Fitness Longevity For All LifeStar Institute

Lifeboat Foundation David Sinclair


Organ Preservation Alliance International Cell Senescence Association Palo Alto Longevity Prize Coalition for Radical Life Extension
International Society on Aging and Disease
Human Immortality Project Kevin Perrott
Aging in Motion
Brian Kennedy
Longevity Institute
Alliance for Regenerative Medicine
Matt Kaeberlein
Longevity Unlocked
British Society for Research on Aging Liz Parrish
55 Theses
Michael Rose
Friends of National Institute on Aging
Lifespan.io Caloric Restriction Society
George Martin
Cellular Senescence Blog
Healthspan Campaign Life Extension Advocacy Foundation International Longevity Alliance
Gordon Lithgow
EPLI Foundation for Indefinite Lifespan
Michael Conboy
Longevity History
Brain Preservation Foundation
Jan Vijg
Healthy Life Extension Society American Aging Association Alliance for Aging Research American Federation for Aging Research
How to live a long time
Info Aging Jay Olshansky

Church of Perpetual Life Senescence.info Longevity Science Valter Longo


Global Healthspan Policy Institute Methuselah Foundation Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence

Future of Life Institute Programmed Aging Theory Info Bill Andrews

The War On Aging Nir Barzilai

Ana Maria Cuervo

Cynthia Kenyon

John Furber

Linus Pauling Institute Glenn Foundation for Medical Research USC School of Gerontology Aging Research Network Pennstate Center for Healthy Aging Digital Ageing Atlas

Human Ageing Genomic Resources Albert Einstein College of Medicine The Gerontological Society of America Barshop Institute Stanford Center on Longevity GWAS Resource for Age-related Traits

Max Planck Institute for Biology of Aging Biogerontology Research Foundation Buck Institute Tufts Human Nutrition & Aging University of Iowa Center on Aging Major Mouse Testing Program

Salk Institute National Institute on Aging Ellison Medical Foundation Gerontology Research Group Texas A&M Translational Research NIA Aging Cell Repository

MIT Agelab Regenerative Sciences Institute Donald Reynolds Institute on Aging Better Humans Supercenterian Research Foundation Dog Aging Project

Calico Huffington Center on Aging UCLA Longevity Center Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine Kogod Center on Aging – Mayo Clinic Project 21

Longevity Consortium Upenn Institute on Aging Princeton Longevity Center University of Washington Biology of Aging Columbia Aging Center Human Aging Genomic Resources

UIC Research on Health and Aging Yale Y-AGE University of Liverpool Institute of Aging Harvard University Center for Biology of Aging International Aging Research Portfolio Aging Intervention Foundation

Unity Biotechnology

Alcor
KrioRus

Legendary Pharmaceuticals
Forever Labs

Insilico Medicine
Youngevity

CellAge
DefyTime Science

Centagen
Al Sears MD

Ascendence Biomedical
LEGEND
L-Nutra LifeGen Technologies Ichor Therapeutics Juvenon Telomerase Activation Sciences Longevity Revolution Advocacy, Information, Outreach

Biomarker Pharmaceuticals Longevity Biotech Apollo Ventures Genomix International Antiaging Systems Genescient
Research

Cryonics Institute Oisin Biotechnologies X-Therma Sierra Sciences Life Extension Elysium Health
Undetermined Companies
Everon Biosciences Organovo Inovium Rejuvenation Ambrosia MaxLife Solution Telocyte
Companies with “bad” feel
Gensight Prana Biotechnologies Alkahest Biosenex Life Length

Crack Aging Dallas Anti-Aging and Wellness Notable People


Gero Proteostasis Therapeutics Androcyte

Geron Leucadia Therapeutics Human.Bio

Human Longevity Inc Osiris Green Signum Biosciences

Healthways Retrotope BioTime

Siwa Therapeutics BioViva Ascendance Biotechnology


Comments, suggestions, additions, complaints – biomortality@gmail.com
Categorizing the various efforts of
organizations in the longevity movement:
Advocacy Organizations
I made this because I wanted to know who else was working on this or concerned about the aging
process.

Advocacy organizations are the first step many people take to get involved in a collective effort to
deal with the aging process. They act as a magnet for interested people and also create interest in
wandering eyes.

I see the entire spectrum broken down into believers and nonbelievers. Believers are people who
believe that we can do something about aging, that we can make it better somehow. Believers tend to
be altruistic, willingly giving you real, honest information. That's because the more you know, the
more you'll be able to possibly contribute toward the effort. Nonbelievers are generally selfish and
want you to know as little as possible, so you continue to see them as an authority figure and give
them money.

This is a description of each individual organization, why it was listed here, and my thoughts about
them based on their websites. Red names are redflagged for either maliciousness or inexcusable
ignorance. Blue names are sites I believe to be genuine and run by people who are truly working
toward a cure for aging. Black names are undecided.

2045 Initiative - http://www.2045.com/

Russian company attempting to cure mortality by 2045. Supposedly backed by a Russian billionaire,
the site itself looks pretty old and terrible which calls to question why a billionaire would be so cheap
with their website. The 2045 initiative is definitely the idea of a newb, because anytime you put a
date on something you just open yourself up for failure. His goal was probably to light a fire under his
own ass, at least that's the reasoning whenever I put a date on things, but what will likely happen is a
bunch of procrastination until its too late, then a bunch of regret once the date passes. This
organization is linked to by The War On Aging, Reddit Longevity, and Fight Aging! Blog. They don't link
to anyone else. No response to email.

55 Theses - https://55theses.org/

The blog of Dr. Michael Rose of University of California, Irvine. The last post was from 2015. There's
no ads which means it's not monetized, but its full of advice. This blog is proof that Dr. Rose has an
altrusitic side. It's only linked to by Longecity and Reddit Longevity. Michael Rose is involved in
Lifeboat Foundation, Lifestar Institute, Maximum Life Foundation, Life Extension, and ELPIS.
ACT-AD - http://act-ad.org/

Alzheimers advocacy group trying to help find a cure. Alzheimers is important to aging because it is an
example of accumulation of damage due to mechanisms inherent in our biological systems.
Sometimes I find myself imagining the terror of a person who knows they are getting Alzheimers but
can do nothing about it. Seems like a well connected group.

Aging In Motion - http://aginginmotion.org/

When I first saw this website I was appalled. It's just so badly designed. However, I am here to judge
content not design. This is a sarcopenia advocacy group, and they are centered around sarcopenia
(hence “in motion” part of their name). Sarcopenia is age related muscle decline, likely caused by
stem cell exhaustion which stops muscle regeneration via lack of satellite cells. They seem genuine.

Aging Matters - http://joshmitteldorf.scienceblog.com/

The blog of Joshua Mitteldorf, an MIT grad who is involved in Lifeboat Foundation, senescence.info,
ELPIS, and another personal site of his called How To Live A Long Time. Josh is the most altruistic
person I've seen in this field so far. But he told me he's connected to Al Sears, who seems really slimy.
His rationale was that Sears views on life extension aligns with his own – okay, understandable, but
the guy is still selling pills.

Alliance for Aging Research - http://www.agingresearch.org/

A pretty commercial looking site. They have a lot of connections and a lot of known people on their
science advisory board. I would say this is one of the core advocacy groups of the field, and a well
organized one.

Alliance for Regenerative Medicine - https://alliancerm.org/

An extremely well connected and well organized advocacy group, but it's only on the fringes of the
anti-aging movement. In fact I think if you straight up asked them if they were involved in anti-aging
they would say no. They were included in this list because they are linked to by Rejuvenaction blog
and Aging in Motion, and because their goals are in line with preventing aging.

American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine - http://www.a4m.com/

These people seem like charlatans. One of their biggest sponsors is TA Sciences, who are withholding
information about the nature of telomeres to make their treatment seem more important than it is.
A4M is mostly made up of plastic surgeons, and while I can see where they are coming from
philosophically I heavily disagree with their mentality. They are connected to WorldHealth.net which
is another unscrupulous site. I tried emailing A4M, they all got bounced back.

American Aging Association - http://www.americanagingassociation.org/

Another core advocacy group in this field, very well connected and it seems like everyone who's
anyone is involved with them in some way. One of the oldest organizations on this list. Officially, I'm
told they do not support the quest for immortality. But that's like saying a pot of warm water doesn't
support a pot of boiling water – they support healthspan extension, and you need to achieve
healthspan extension to achieve immortality.

American Federation of Aging Research - https://www.afar.org/

Yet another core advocacy group for the field of aging. Very well connected, a lot of big names. They
have a lot of biology information freely available on their site, which is more altruistic than most other
organizations. The design of their site seems up to date.

Anti-Aging Firewalls - http://www.anti-agingfirewalls.com/

A blog by Vince Giuliano. Purely informational. He's not involved in any other organizations that I've
seen, and not many links going to his site. Kind of weird because the posts are pretty informative.

Blue Zones - https://www.bluezones.com/

An advocacy organization connected to Healthways. They do events and are actually quite active near
me. However, their information is mostly superficial. “Eat more vegetables, exercise more often”
things of that nature. They do not go into the biology of aging at all. They don't get into specifics –
how much should you exercise, how much broccoli should you eat. Generally I've found their
information to be not helpful. They do have a very clean design though.

Brain Preservation Foundation - http://www.brainpreservation.org/

Advocating for brain preservation by any means necessary, including anti-aging. They have a lot of
links to information on their website, seem well organized and well connected.

British Longevity Society - http://www.thebls.org/

Not to be confused with the British Society for Research on Aging, the BLS is connected to a lot of
sketchy organizations. It's basically one guy, Marios Kyriazs. He's got no information on the site and
the upcoming events are all out of date, so its likely defunct.

British Society for Research on Aging - http://bsra.org.uk/

A British advocacy group for finding a cure to aging. They do not have any biology information on
their website, which is not good. They are a registered charity, and most of their site seems dedicated
to asking for donations rather than explaining what aging is and why it affects you. Maybe it's a rich
persons tax evasion loophole? Or just a poorly organized site?

Caloric Restriction Society - http://www.crsociety.org/

Society dedicated to Caloric Restriction. It's got some followers but personally I think the science
behind caloric restriction boils down to “don't be fat”. The society are very upfront with their
information and their intentions.

Cellular Senescence Blog - http://ageing-research.blogspot.com/

A blog about cellular senescence, associated with the international cell senescence association (I
didn't know that was a thing).

Church of Perpetual Life - http://www.churchofperpetuallife.org/

A church dedicated to perpetual life. I watched some of their youtube videos, it just feels off. They
just want people to feel better I think.

Coalition for Radical Life Extension - http://www.rlecoalition.com/

The official site for RAADfest. CRLE is funded by People Unlimited. I've heard some bad things about
RAADfest, but ultimately for this site what really bothers me is the complete lack of scientific
information. They don't even link to anything. Their gatherings are sponsored mostly by pill pushers
and telomere therapy companies.

Entrepreneurs Longevity Club - http://elc.buckinstitute.org/

A small club within the Buck Institute. Not much info on their site, but it makes sense because it's a
private club. Their symbology seems a bit clandestine.

ELPI Foundation for Indefinite Life Extension - http://elpisfil.org/

An informational site founded by Marios Kyriazis, the guy involved in Mackenzie Protocol and British
Longevity Society. They have research and information on this site, but it's poorly organized. I was
going to redflag it but they have Joao Pedro de Magalhaes on the board, as well as some other notable
names. I don't know what to make of it for now.

Fight Aging - https://www.fightaging.org/

The best blog for anti-aging information I've seen so far. Simply the best.

Forever Healthy - https://forever-healthy.org/en/

A longevity advocacy organization by Michael Greve. He has links to some information, but also links
to RAAD festival. Not sure about this one, he does seem genuine though.

Found My Fitness - https://www.foundmyfitness.com/

A fitness site by Rhonda Patrick. Not much information here, but I think she keeps most of it behind a
paywall. Has made videos with some prominent members of the anti-aging community.

Friends of NIA - http://friendsofnia.org/


Poorly designed site that has a lot of links and lists of resources. Really sad because I'm pretty sure
this is a completely altruistic organization, but it looks like it's been completely abandoned for several
years.

Future of Life Institute - https://futureoflife.org/

An institute dedicated to all problems facing the future of humanity. A lot of nuclear war fears and
stuff of that nature. Tangentially related to biological immortality.

Gerontology Wiki – http://gerontology.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

Information bank about gerontology.

Geroscience - http://geroscience.com/

Informational site about gerontology.

Global Healthspan Policy Institute - https://healthspanpolicy.org/

An institute full of big names in the field of longevity science. I'm not sure what they've actually done
yet, but they appear to be a lobbying group to the US government on behalf of longevity researchers.
So far they've advocated for a metformin study.

Health Extension - http://healthextension.co/

This site is weird. I believe it's some kind of organization attempting to create a funding pipeline for
longevity projects. Judith Campisi is involved, along with George Church. The latest upcoming event is
from 2016 so I believe this is a defunct site.

Healthspan Campaign - http://www.healthspancampaign.org/

A website for a film about healthspan and the associated campaign/organization to go along with it.
They link to a whitepaper that is put out by the Alliance for Aging Research, but that's all the info on
this site. Understandable I guess, it's a film promotional site.

Healthways - http://www.healthways.com/

This is an umbrella company under which several other actual companies exist – such as Blue Zones. I
put Healthways in the advocacy section because I don't think they actually do anything except
advocate for their subsidiary companies.

Healthy Life Extension Society - http://www.heales.org/

One of the earlier life extension advocacy groups. Very well connected, and appears to be populated
by believers. Still functional after many years. Has Joao Pedro de Magalhaes and Kevin Perrott on the
scientific advisory board.

How To Live A Long Time - http://agingadvice.org/

Site run by Joshua Mitteldorf giving out aging advice

Human Immortality Project - http://www.human-immortality-project.com/home

Three guys who want to solve the aging problem on their own. They have very little information on
their site and not much of a research plan. “A lot of basic research has to be done”. Yeah, no kidding.

Humanity Plus Magazine - http://hplusmagazine.com/

Transhumanist magazine covering various topics including anti-aging.

Info Aging - https://www.infoaging.org/

A sketchy site mostly about skincare tips for anti-aging. Has no contact info or 'about us' section, so
there's no way to know who's running it. Most of the info is very generic, it also pushes specific
products.

International Cell Senescence Association - https://www.cellsenescence.info/

A well organized group that has free membership and posts papers on their site. They link to scientific
reviews of cell senescence and companies involved in senolytics.

International Longevity Alliance - http://longevityalliance.org/

A core organizational group that has many connections to many different organizations. They do not
link to sketchy sites, but several sketchy sites link to them.

International Centre Global Longevity Alliance - http://www.ilc-alliance.org/index.php/home

Not to be confused with the ILA, the ICGLA isn't very well connected, at least not in this circle of
organizations.

International Society on Aging and Disease - http://isoad.org/

Website was down last I checked. It exists on the periphery of this community for some reason. It
keeps popping up in random places though.

Life Extension Advocacy Foundation - http://www.lifeextensionadvocacyfoundation.org/

One of the most recent advocacy foundations to emerge. They have several research projects that are
crowdfunded, and are closely tied to lifespan.io.
Life Extension Foundation - http://www.lifeextensionfoundation.org/

An offshoot of Life Extension, the site that sells supplements. I have more respect for this part of the
organization – lots of information on their site as well as a list of accomplishments.

Lifeboat Foundation - http://lifeboat.com/ex/main

An old organization that seems to have everyone under the sun as a member. They have many
different fields of interest, one of which is human longevity.

Lifespan.io - https://www.lifespan.io/

Crowdfunding platform for anti-aging projects.

LifeStar Institute - http://www.lifestarinstitute.org/

Elitest/celebrity club for longevity advocacy. Their email kept getting bounced back.

Longecity - http://www.longecity.org/forum/

Forum for talking about life extension/anti-aging. I've seen it associated with some unscrupulous
organizations that push pills.

Longevity for All - http://www.longevityforall.org/

Seems like an altruistic site for longevity advocacy. Doesn't contain a lot of information and isn't very
well designed.

Longevity Institute - http://www.longevinst.org/

A terribly built website that sells information and is funded by Youngevity, an obvious scam. Edmond
Devroey is associated with this site.

Longevity Letter - http://longevityletter.com/

Anca Iovita's site for selling her books and advocating for longevity. I don't like people who sell books
since most of the information is out there for free.

Longevity Live - http://www.longevitylive.com/

Superficial information about longevity. I've been subscribed to their daily mail list, haven't seen
anything really useful yet.

Longevity Reporter - http://www.longevityreporter.org/#

Posts various articles about longevity and aging research. The entire editorial staff works for Bioviva,
so this organization can be considered their mouthpiece. They report on a wide variety of topics and
their articles are pretty good.

Longevity Unlocked - http://longevityunlocked.com/

Contains information on various antioxidants and supplements. They link to a lot of scientific research
but I get the feeling they aren't 'processing' the research and are taking the conclusions from the
papers at face value.

Mackenzie Protocol - http://www.mackenzieprotocol.com/

Bizarre site that manages to yell at you with text. Promotes telomeres as the panacea of aging.
Pushes a bunch of pills. Says copyright 2011, but looks like it was made in 1993. Seems defunct.
Biggest surprise – they donate to the Methuselah Foundation. What.

Maximum Life Foundation - http://www.maxlife.org/

Well connected group with a well designed site for longevity advocacy. They seem well organized and
have a bunch of projects going on, but there's this air of unscrupulous behavior that permeates this
organization. Also, they run a pill-pushing site that sells supplements.

Methuselah Foundation - https://www.mfoundation.org/

Another core group for funding and advocacy of longevity. Co-founded the Supercentenarian
foundation and Organ Preservation Alliance. Founded New Organ Alliance, SENS, and Organovo. Part
of Oisin and Leucadia therapeutics.

New Organ Alliance - https://neworgan.org/alliance.php

Advocacy group for organ engineering and construction. Has a prize of $1 million for keeping an
animal live without native liver function for 90 days.

Organ Preservation Alliance - https://www.organpreservationalliance.org/

Non-profit organization catalyzing breakthroughs in organ preservation. A few publications posted on


their site but not much information on the nature of organ preservation.

Palo Alto Prize - http://paloaltoprize.com/

Prize for breakthroughs in longevity research. The monetary amount ($1 million) is laughably low
given the nature of the research.

People Unlimited - http://peopleunlimitedinc.com/

Organizational group for people interested in anti-aging. They are associated with Coalition for Radical
Life Extension and RAADfest. They have no information on their site, which along with their
associations makes me think they are a scam. I've read through some of their blog posts and they are
very superficial.

Reddit Longevity - https://www.reddit.com/r/longevity/

Article and link aggregation site. I'm trying to link to as many organizations as possible.

Rejuvenaction - https://rejuvenaction.wordpress.com/

Anti-aging blog with information and links to a lot of different sites.

Rogue Health and Fitness - http://roguehealthandfitness.com/

Fitness and anti-aging site for men, also sells books.

Strategies for Negligible Senesence - http://www.sens.org/

Nexus of anti-aging advocacy and research funding. Headed by Aubrey de Grey. Lots of information
on the site as well as videos. They seem to be a black hole of attention, many places link to SENS but I
don't see any outgoing links on their site.

The 110 Club - http://z3.invisionfree.com/The_110_Club/index.php?

Forum for discussing supercentenarians.

The War On Aging - http://thewaronaging.weebly.com/

Advocacy for rejuvenation biotechnology. Not much information, mostly references SENS.

Water Bear Lair - https://waterbearlair.com/

Well designed blog advocating longevity.

World Society of Interdisciplinary Anti-Aging Medicine - http://www.wosiam.org/

Under maintenance, no contact info


Categorizing the various efforts of
organizations in the longevity movement:
Informational Sites
Altruistic sites that exist solely to give out information. There is a place in this world for altruism,
even if many of those in positions of power do not believe in it.

Longevity History - http://www.longevityhistory.com/

Altruistic site by Ilia Stambler with an entire copy of his book, A History of Life Extensionism in the
Twentieth Century.

Longevity Science - http://longevity-science.org/

Older site by Leonid Gavrilov and Natalia Gavrilova.

Programmed Aging Theory Info - http://www.programmed-aging.org/

Informational site outlining the various aspects of programmed aging theory. Run by Theodore
Goldsmith, Jeff Bowles, Giacinto Libertini, and Joshua Mitteldorf.

Senescence.info - http://www.senescence.info/

By far the most informative site I've seen, in my opinion. Run by Joao Pedro de Magalhaes. Also hosts
Human Aging Genomic Resources, which has several different databases of information related to
aging.
Categorizing the various efforts of
organizations in the longevity movement:
Research Organizations
Research organizations are typically 'trustworthy' in the sense that they are likely working on their
objective. I don't know how to judge these organizations by their websites, because they are all pretty
much the same format. To understand a research organization, you need to know the staff personally
and know what questions to ask. I only know the staff at USC School of Gerontology and part of the
Buck Institute. Some people working there are definitely 'dead on the inside', while others are very
much committed to the big dream of biological immortality even though they hide it publicly.

Of the major research organizations, Buck Institute seems to be a hub of activity. Then comes the
NIA, but the National Institute on Aging officially does not support a 'quest for immortality', but does
support aging research which is related. Gerontology Research Group is pretty well connected but
they are defunct since their leadership passed away, they mostly record supercentenarians now.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine is also well-referenced. Calico is a company but I put them under
research organizations because their purpose and behavior is more in line with a research org. They
were pretty hyped but have not really done much except partner with a bunch of different people.
They have some core members of the longevity community, including Cynthia Kenyon.

From the responses I got so far, most research organizations will not officially say they are trying
to cure aging. As long as they are working on research that will lead to a cure for aging, it makes no
difference to me what they publicly state their dream is.
Categorizing the various efforts of
companies in the longevity movement:
Undetermined Companies
I made this because I wanted to know about as many companies involved in the longevity/anti-
aging industry as possible.

No company has yet achieved real success, as defined by having a product that actually cures
aging. So every company is listed as either Undetermined (orange) or RedFlagged (red).
Undetermined companies exist on a spectrum of belief, some of them are moonshots and others are
more grounded. The companies on this list are attempting to attain either immortality or are working
toward curing aging. Some of them will deny it, and that's fine, but their work is either tangentially
related toward curing aging or they are connected with another company doing anti-aging work.

I emailed every single one of these companies. Some of them responded. As more responses
come in I'll be updating this report to be more accurate. It is very likely I'll be saying things below
which I'll regret.

The rest of this report is a description of each individual company, why it was listed here, and my
thoughts about them based on their websites.

Alcor - http://www.alcor.org/

Cryonics company with the goal of life preservation through cryogenics. One thing that struck me
about their site was that it was one of the only sites to link to an altruistic, informational site
(longevity-science.org). Alcor has links to a lot of cryonics and related information and it is apparent
they want the user to know as much as possible. They also link to the fable of the dragon-tyrant,
which I haven't seen in years. Regarding aging, they link American Aging Association, Biomarker
Pharmaceuticals, Kronos Research (which has no site), and Methuselah Foundation. It is my opinion
that the people at Alcor are true believers. Also, the site is well put together and not overly flashy.

Alkahest - http://www.alkahest.com/

A 'vampire' company – wants to extend lifespan through blood factors based on the discovery that
young blood rejuvenates old mice. I originally had this company redflagged because their website
doesn't really describe what they want to do, it just sort of insinuates it. Also, I disagree with the
vampiric nature of trying to rejuvenate old people with the blood of the young, and what implications
it may have on social behavior. But just because I disagree with it doesn't mean it's wrong, if the
science proves itself out it's an avenue toward immortality. And if it is proved correct, there are other
options for mimicking the effect than attempting to harvest the blood of young people.
Ambrosia - https://www.ambrosiaplasma.com/

Another 'vampire' company built off of using young blood for rejuvenation. Their approach is to use
plasma from blood banks to attempt rejuvenation of the old. Similar to Alkahest, I had this company
redflagged but changed it because technically they aren't doing anything wrong. They are very
upfront with their methodology and have links on their main page to the information they are building
off of for their company.

Androcyte - http://www.androcyte.com/

Completely unknown, their website has no information.

Apollo Ventures - http://apollo.vc/

A company dedicated to general anti-aging therapies. I don't really like their website, when you click
on the various subsections of aging damage it barely shows any more information. Content-wise, they
are upfront and honest. Also, I got a reply from them via email which was very forthcoming, James
Peyer seems concerned about distinguishing real science from futurism.

Ascendance Biotechnology - http://ascendancebio.com/

They do work with stem cells, and are included on this list because they use ESI BIO tech from
BioTime. Also, Ascendance Biotechnology is NOT related to Ascendance Biomedical. I thought they
might have been, but they responded by email confirming they are not.

Biomarker Pharmaceuticals - http://www.biomarkerinc.com/

A company attempting to create general anti-aging therapy. I liked this passage from their site -
“Currently, there are no clinically validated "anti-aging" pharmaceuticals or nutraceuticals since aging
is not targeted in conventional drug development, and the claims made for antiaging effects for
dietary supplements cannot be validated. Our approach is to develop proven intervention strategies
based on understanding the molecular pathways that influence aging and the contribution individual
genetic variation has on this process.“ However, their site is old (2013) and they have no contact info.
They might be defunct, but there's nothing on their site that sends up red flags to me so they are on
this list.

BioTime - http://www.biotimeinc.com/

This company develops regenerative therapies based on pluripotent stem cell technology. I had
initially redflagged this company but I forgot why, so I removed them. Going back over the site, they
don't make any far-reaching claims. The only offputting thing is the sterile corporate environment, the
overuse of stock pictures, and their smarmy-looking CEO on the front page. But that's not enough to
redflag a company for me.
BioViva - http://bioviva-science.com/

A company that focuses on telomere elongation. They are one of the few that actually mentions that
humans already have active telomerase, and they include more information than any other company.
To be honest, I was surprised at how much information they included on their site. It does feel like
they actually want the reader to understand as much as possible, rather than trying to push a
narrative. I had this company red-flagged because Liz Parrish was masking the lack of positive
information coming out of their telomere therapy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiybUmNyi6A

This interview shows CEO Liz Parrish overinflating the impact of their elongation therapy. All results
except telomere elongation can be attributed to the myostatin inhibitors she took. Generally
speaking, Liz Parrish seems dishonest in her rhetoric and behavior. I do like her energy though. The
false promises and lies are annoying but to me it seems misguided rather than malicious.

Cryonics Institute - http://www.cryonics.org/

A cryonics company that has extremely low cost. Sounds dubious, but their website is full of
information and they acknowledge the risks inherent in freezing yourself after death. This is another
site that appears to want the user to be as educated as possible. Their resources page could be better
organized though.

Everon Biosciences - http://everonbio.com/

A company with the goal of developing anti-aging medicines. They believe aging is programmed – one
of the few companies that does.

Forever Labs - https://www.foreverlabs.co/

Their goal is to store stem cells for later use as cellular therapeutics. There's nothing really earth-
shattering here concerning the technology, it's just cold storage, but the implied use is novel.

Gensight - http://www.gensight-biologics.com/

Developing therapies to cure mitochondrial and neurodegenerative diseases of the eye. They are only
tangentially related to anti-aging, they are included on this list because they were linked to by Fight
Aging! Blog. If they do succeed at curing mitochondrial diseases of the eye, the same mechanisms can
be implemented in other organs as well.

Gero - https://www.gero.com/

“The goal of our research is identification of the potential human anti-aging targets and development
of a therapy that will prolong human lifespan and healthspan.” Currently they are just measuring
health through step-trackers. Disappointing, given their flashy intro page, but they don't make any
false claims on their site so there's nothing wrong going on here.
Geron - http://www.geron.com/
This company is developing a telomerase inhibitor for anti-cancer treatment. They are included on
this list because they are doing a very smart inversion of what all the telomere companies are doing –
by shutting of telomerase, you can prevent cancer cells from immortalizing and thus stop cancer. They
have told me by email “Geron is focused exclusively on developing a telomerase inhibitor for the
potential treatment of cancer. The company is not involved in longevity research, and not associated
with the entities in the map you sent.” And that's great and all, but regardless of what they say, them
proving out the telomere mechanism in this fashion IS related to the current climate of longevity
science.

Human Longevity Inc - http://www.humanlongevity.com/

Craig Venters company dedicated to combining “state-of-the-art DNA sequencing and expert analysis
with machine learning, to help change medicine to a more data-driven science“. It seems like they are
trying to integrate artificial intelligence and data management in with health to extend our lives by
giving us more info about ourselves.

Human.bio - http://human.bio/

A company that wants to cure aging. No other information on their site.

Ichor Therapeutics - http://ichortherapeutics.com/

They focus on therapeutics for age-related disease. Not much information on their site.

Insilico Medicine - http://insilicomedicine.com/

Uses artificial intelligence for drug discovery and aging research. I'm not entirely sure what that
means, since AI is so broadly defined. They are partnered with Life Extension, a supplement sales
website, which is… eh… but Insilico doesn't make any far-fetched claims on their site.

Inovium Rejuvenation - https://inoviumrejuvenation.com

This company has developed a treatment to reverse menopause. Two of their subjects have had live
birth after menopausal period, which is a really big deal. Menopause is a programmed aspect of aging
which, by extension of stopping reproduction, pits the force of natural selection against our mortality.
This is pretty cool, and their site includes a lot of information about their science.

KrioRus - http://www.kriorus.com/en

A russian cryonics company. It seems a little newbish, but I've attributed that to the fact that it's a
russian company and they are not prioritizing their english website. They don't appear to be making
any outlandish claims on their site.
L-Nutra - http://l-nutra.com/

A caloric restriction mimetic product that helps chemotherapy patients. The underlying mechanism is
that cancer cells don't respond to 'starvation mode' hormone signaling in the body, so by mimicking
starvation you can preferentially target cancer cells with chemotherapy and reduce side effects. The
company is headed by Valter Longo (of USC School of Gerontology).

Legendary Pharmaceuticals - http://www.legendarypharma.com/

A fairly old company dedicated to developing therapies to reverse aging. They have a lot of
information on their website, and also developed a flowchart of the causes of aging which is widely
circulated. Headed by John Furber.

LifeGen Technologies - http://www.lifegentech.com/

A company that focuses on “gene expression analysis as it relates to the aging process of humans and
animals”. Not much information on their site, and their main page is a gaudy stock footage pic. Not
much information on their site, just a list of publications which appear to be mostly related to caloric
restriction.

Longevity Biotech - http://longevitybiotech.com/

This company builds peptides that act as signaling molecules for triggering effects in the body. It looks
like they are using caloric restriction mechanisms (specifically glucose metabolism) and… something
involving inflammation in the brain? Their information is poorly organized compared to other sites,
and it feels like they are trying to bludgeon the user into submission with acronyms and numbers.
They don't seem to be making false claims though.

Oisin Biotechnologies - http://oisinbio.com/

A senolytics company attempting to treat the disease of aging by removing senescent cells. The site
provides no information beyond that.

Osiris Green - https://www.osirisgreen.com/list.php

I had originally redflagged this company because its website just looks so… shady. However, they do
methylation analysis and proteome analysis, which are not controversial in my opinion. It's just… the
website looks like it was made in 10 minutes.

Prana Biotechnologies - http://pranabio.com/

Develops drugs for neurodegenerative diseases. Likely does not consider themselves part of the 'anti-
aging' community. They are on this list because they are linked to by senescence.info and because
they target the big three diseases of the brain – Huntingtons, Parkinsons, Alzheimers. I had this site
redflagged initially – something about their design just bugs me. However, after reviewing the site I
found nothing inherently wrong so I switched it back over to this list.
Proteostasis Therapeutics - http://www.proteostasis.com/

This company develops therapeutics that modulate protein homeostasis. Proteolysis is an important
component of cell regeneration and the Unfolded Protein Response (UPR) mediates proteolysis. They
are included on this list because they were linked to by senesecence.info. Their site is not very
informative compared to others.

Retrotope - https://www.retrotope.com/

They target mitochondrial oxidation damage by using deuterium-stabilized polyunsaturated fatty


acids. Honestly I have no idea whether the core concept is sound – I had initially redflagged this
company and I might put them back there once I read more about deuterium-stabilized PUFA's.

Siwa Therapeutics - http://www.siwatherapeutics.com/

A senolytics company that uses monoclonal antibodies to target senescent cells. They have very little
information on their website.

Signum Biosciences - https://www.signumbiosciences.com/

A biotech company producing anti-inflammatory skin cream. Also produces a product that targets
aquaporin-3 to hydrate the skin. Mostly cosmetic-style anti-aging, it was included on this list because
it was linked to by senescence.info and because they are targeting root causes, not symptoms, of
aging skin.

Unity Biotechnology - http://unitybiotechnology.com/

Designs senolytic therapeutics targeting senescent cells. Judith Campisi and Jan Van Deursen are
involved. Minus points for having a banner-style website which is the new hallmark website style
choice of scams. But senolytics is not controversial in my opinion, and they haven't made any far-
fetched claims on their site.

Ward Dean MD - http://warddeanmd.com/

Generally, when I see a guy with a website named after his own name, I think “this guy has a massive
ego”. I may be right, but Ward Dean's website doesn't seem to be making ridiculous claims like some
other doctors. He has a bunch of freely accessible articles on his site. However, he's associated with
A4M which is a sketchy organization in my eyes. He's also got kind of a freaky cover on the book
“Biological Aging Measurement”. But he's not making any false claims.
Categorizing the various efforts of
companies in the longevity movement:
Red-Flagged Companies
I made this because I hate liars. This is a list of companies that I red-flagged as being malicious or
incompetent. Somehow, they are still active and getting away with publicly lying to people.

Many of these companies are pushing telomere-extension therapy as a cure for aging. Telomeres
are implicated in the aging process, and have been under investigation for a long time. It has been
known for at least a decade that telomerase, which elongates telomeres, is already active in human
stem cells and in fast multiplying cells. I have concluded that everyone who sells telomerase
activators, and who don't specify to the consumer that telomerase is already active in their stem cells,
are being malicious. Sites which promote telomeres as the panacea of anti-aging yet fail to disclose
that telomerase is active in human stem cells have no excuse for not including that information.

Weirdly, I haven't seen companies focused on metformin, or Sirtuins (after Sirtris collapsed), or
antioxidants, autophagy, caloric restriction, heat shock therapy, or any of the other vectors of anti-
aging as compared to telomeres. There are companies that do those kinds of things but they don't
label it 'anti-aging', just health extension or something of the sort.

The rest of this report is a description of each individual company that gave me a bad feeling and
why they were red-flagged.
Age Reversal Therapeutics - http://www.agingcure.com/

This company feels scammy, and they are associated with RAADfest which is unscrupulous. They have
no information about aging on their site but are very keen on getting investors.

Al Sears MD - http://alsearsmd.com/

A one-man operation, starts off with the bold claim “America's #1 Anti-Aging Pioneer”. He sells books,
a whole lot of them are about telomeres. He also sells supplements. In my opinion, he's the grand-
slam of anti-aging snake oil salesman.

Ascendance Biomedical - http://www.ascendancebiomed.com/

A company which promotes the C60 fullerene buckyball therapy. C60 was based on terrible science
and the paper made all sorts of errors, which I actually made a video about.

Biosenex – no site

A non-company that doesn't exist, except that they partnered with Ichor Therapeutics and are
registered in several places. Based on this marketing portfolio:

https://www.boostdesign.com/portfolio/biosenex/

It looks like they were going to be a generic longevity company sponsored by “Aybrey de Grey”
studying “longetivity”. Their logo is literally the CellAge logo, tilted slightly.

Centagen - http://centagen.com/

No email contact info on their site. Claims to have a pill that rejuvenates adult stem cells yet does not
give a mechanism of action. President Bryant Villeponteneau is involved in Maximum Life Foundation,
which is tied to MaxLife Solution, a supplement selling company. He is also involved in Genescient,
another redflagged company. However, he was also part of the Supercentenarian Research
Foundation (now defunct), which seemed genuine to me.

CellAge - http://www.cellage.org/

Vague claims, poorly explained technology. A lot of 'non-information' displayed on their site. Seems
like all flash and no substance. Their logo is the same as non-company Biosenex.

CrackAging - http://crackaging.com/

A site selling telomerase activators. Their information section is a bunch of youtube videos, does not
mention telomerase is already active in humans. They also sell resveratrol, based on information from
2006. Sirtris, a company built by Harvard scientists in 2004 based on the resveratrol/sirtuin/NAD+
research, failed spectacularly in 2013 after the research was proven flawed. It is now 2017 – why are
they still selling resveratrol under the banner of anti-aging? Likely because they think idiots will buy it.
Dallas Anti-Aging Clinic - http://www.hormonetherapydallas.com/

I threw this in here as an example of an “anti-aging” clinic which doesn't do anti-aging medicine but
instead practices plastic surgery and hormone therapy. Semantics is the culprit here. When a person
says anti-aging and they are actually referring to plastic surgery, they aren't technically wrong but they
are misleading. I believe the use of anti-aging in this context comes down to fundamental philosophy
and how nihilistic your outlook on life is. From an aesthetic perspective, plastic surgery is anti-aging.
From a biological perspective, it's not. This schism also bleeds out into the A4M community and other
organizations similar to A4M.

DefyTime - http://www.defytime.science/

An organization headed by Bill Andrews, who is connected to LifeLength, Sierra Sciences, Bioviva,
Maximum Life Foundation, and Coalition for Radical Life Extension. DefyTime sells a cream that
targets telomerase. Their informational section does not disclose that telomerase is already active in
humans. It includes several short youtube clips and a very brief summary of telomeres.

Elysium Health - https://www.elysiumhealth.com/

“Cells need the coenzyme NAD+ to function, and NAD+ declines as we age. Basis is clinically proven to
increase NAD+ levels.“ These sentences are all technically correct, however from what I've heard so
far the product does nothing positive. It increases NAD+ in the bloodstream. It's not known whether
the NAD+ gets to where it is needed – in the mitochondria within your cells. Years ago, Total Cereal
advertised itself as having 100% of your daily recommended iron amount. It was correct, but the iron
was in a biologically inactive form and it passed right through you. Elysium Health reminds me of that.
The company has been extremely responsive to email though – so much that I hesitate to put them
under the redflag category. Scams typically do not respond to email or have lengthy conversations. I
think that they do have true believers in the company and it's reflected by their fantastic and detailed
email responses. However, their claims just don't line up with the state of their product right now.

Genescient - http://www.genescient.com/

This organization may or may not belong here in the redflag section – my biggest gripe was that their
website is intolerably broken. Their contact info button is hidden under their logo, and the entire site
seems like something is wrong with it. They work with long-lived drosophila (fruit flies) but I don't
think they have developed any products yet. This organization may be whitelisted later, once they get
a respectable website.

Genomix - https://www.genomix.co/

Sells a product that does not yet exist, and sells it for $200. Their logo is basically the CellAge logo.
They are partnered with CellAge. I got my SNP's sequenced by 23andMe for $100, and it was
advertised to me as an actual product, not a future product. If Genomix carries through with their
product and delivers they will be removed from the redflag section.

International Antiaging Systems - https://www.antiaging-systems.com/


Yes, I get it, we live in a market economy and “let the buyer beware”. But there's just something so
scummy about selling supplements under the banner of “anti-aging”. Should an organization not be
held responsible for delivering on their promises? They are contributors to SENS, Interbion
Foundation, British Longevity Society, and ELPIs foundation for Indefinite Lifespan. Their association
taints these organizations, although BLS is already very tainted.

Juvenon - http://www.juvenon.com/

Sells supplements based on antioxidants, which have fallen out of scientific favor. Doesn't describe
mechanism of action for their products. Sells DHA at 5x market value ($2.50 per gram vs. $.50 per
gram elsewhere).

Life Extension - http://www.lifeextension.com/

Supplement website. Actually this is the most honest-looking supplement seller I've seen. They don't
sell telomerase activators (at least that I've seen yet), which means they must have more moral
standard than other sites. They have a weird multinational medical advisory board, but the only name
I recognize is Michael Rose. They are on the edge, I'm just hesitant to whitelist this organization
because they are selling pills slapped with “Anti-Aging” all over them.

Life Length - http://lifelength.com/

This company tests telomere length, which is fine and good. However, their telomere information
section doesn't reference telomerase being active in humans. Their info section is a bunch of youtube
videos and it's extremely poor – if they improve their information section I'll remove them from the
redflag list. However, it feels like their information is carefully curated to lead people to believing
telomere therapy will lead to anti-aging. It's kind of weird since all Life Length does is measure
telomeres, they don't actually do the therapy, so they have nothing to gain by being shady. Measuring
telomeres is a functional, worthy goal even though it's 'fallen out of favor' for anti-aging science, so it's
baffling why their info section is so desolate. Giving out more info would likely create more trust in
their expertise, but as it stands it just feels manipulative.

Longevity Revolution - http://www.improvelifespan.com/

Do I even need to spell it out – this site sells extremely dubious supplements and looks like it was built
in 10 minutes. It's run by Tony Mackenzie, of the Mackenzie protocol, another site that feels
extremely scammy. Longevity Revolution is connected to British Longevity Society, ILA, Life Extension,
Longecity, Methuselah Foundation (really surprised here), A4M, and Mackenzie Protocol.

MaxLife Solution - http://www.maxlifesolution.com/

Another supplement selling website. Sells telomerase activators. “Start aging backwards today”.
Ridiculous claims about their products. Is associated with Maximum Life Foundation – which appears
to be a relatively respectable foundation. To be honest this feels like a bridge between the scam side
of the industry and the noble side of the industry – MaxLife foundation is on the whitelist side,
MaxLife Solution is on the dark side.

Sierra Sciences - http://www.sierrasci.com/

Another company by Bill Andrews that pushes telomere therapy as the cure for aging while not
revealing that telomerase is already present in human stem cells. “We CAN PROVE that telomerase is
a very likely cure for aging” - weasel words, we can prove X is very likely? That like saying “we CAN
PROVE that it's possible bread causes cancer”.

Telomerase Activation Sciences - https://www.tasciences.com/

The source for many of the supplement salespeople – they developed TA-65 which is sold in many
places. Their information section does mention that telomerase is in humans and that it declines with
age, but they don't mention how it works or that it's in stem cells/fast proliferating cells. They don't
even show the actual structure of a telomere in their informational flipbook. Their information is
manicured to push a narrative, not to inform.

Telocyte - http://www.telocyte.com/

Another company claiming that telomere extension can be used as a cure for something, this time it's
alzheimers. Michael Fossel is head of this company – he's involved in Maximum Life Foundation,
Androcyte, and Better Humans. They imply they are going to use telomerase but don't mention how
or have any information about telomeres on their site.

Youngevity - http://youngevity.com/

Supplement sales website – with some very weird and terrible supplements. Multi-level marketing –
big red flag.

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