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Tag: MitoSENS

SENS Mitomouse 2
Financed by Lifespan.io's crowdfunding efforts, SENS Research Foundation has engaged in fruitful research into ways of dealing with mitochondrial dysfunction, the gradual loss of function of our cells' power plants. Here, the organization reports its successes in handling this aspect of aging. The cellular machinery and higher-level structures of our bodies inevitably damage themselves as...
We have had an update from the MitoSENS team at the SENS Research Foundation about MitoMouse backer rewards which were due to ship at the end of last month. All the items have been ordered, however, we will not be able to physically ship anything until we are allowed into the building. Due to the...
Longecity Mitomouse
The MitoMouse campaign has ended, and what a final few days it has been! Thanks to the efforts of the community, an amazing total of $77,525 has been raised in support of this mitochondrial repair project of the SENS Research Foundation. There were 319 people who backed the project and helped to make this the...
Mitomouse
With just 15 days for the MitoMouse project fundraiser left, we thought it would be the ideal time to share with you some questions we asked the team about the project. To kick things off we have Dr. Matthew O’Connor the Vice President of Research at the SENS Research Foundation talking about the the MitoSENS program at...
Mitochondria
Back in January, we were joined by Dr. Aubrey de Grey, Dr. Amutha Boominathan, Dr. Matthew O'Conner, and Michael Rae from the SENS Research Foundation for a webinar discussion panel focused on MitoSENS, the mitochondrial repair program. During the webinar, a number of points were discussed, and the Lifespan Heroes in the audience got to...
Mitomouse
Today, we have launched the MitoMouse project on our fundraising platform Lifespan.io. This project aims to reverse the damage that aging does to the mitochondrial DNA and to restore energy production in our cells with the goal of preventing age-related ill health. The power stations of the cell The mitochondria are the power stations of...