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Keith Comito

About Keith Comito

Keith Comito is a computer programmer and mathematician whose work brings together a variety of disciplines to provoke thought and promote social change. He has created video games, bioinformatics programs, musical applications, and biotechnology projects featured in Forbes and NPR. In addition to developing high-profile mobile applications such as HBO Now, MLB At Bat, and most recently Disney+, he explores the intersection of technology and biology at the Brooklyn community lab Genspace, where he helped to create games which allow players to direct the motion of microscopic organisms. Seeing age-related disease as one of the most profound problems facing humanity, he now works to accelerate and democratize longevity research efforts through initiatives such as Lifespan.io. As president of LEAF, he is a leading advocate for the increase of healthy human lifespan, participating in numerous speaking engagements and press appearances around the world, and working to produce high-impact media projects to inform and engage the public regarding this critical topic. He earned a B.S. in Mathematics, B.S. in Computer science, and M.S. in Applied Mathematics at Hofstra University, where his work included analysis of the LMNA protein.

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Christmas Fireplace
Dear Friends, As we close out the year and continue the holiday season, I want to take this opportunity to thank you for being part of our community at Lifespan.io and helping to bring an end to the diseases of aging. 2021 has been another challenging year, but you did not let that stop you,...
Gitcoin
Gitcoin is a platform dedicated to supporting the development of open-source Web3 software - decentralized architecture based upon blockchain technology - and the funding of  "public goods" projects that are intended to benefit everyone. Of course, one such public good is the extension of healthy human lifespan, and accordingly, in its 12th funding round, the...
Crypto is an important source of support for longevity tech.
VitaDAO, the world’s first decentralized intellectual property collective, hosted a discussion and AMA on Youtube yesterday. The event featured guests Dr. Aubrey de Grey from SENS Research Foundation and Vitalik Buterin, one of the co-founders of Ethereum. Introducing Aubrey de Grey and Vitalik Buterin Dr. Aubrey de Grey is a British biomedical gerontologist who researched...
Annual report 2019 front cover
As the holidays approach, I want to take this opportunity to sincerely thank you for being part of our community at Lifespan.io and helping to bring an end to the diseases of aging. 2020 has been a difficult year, but through it all, you have helped us grow into a stronger organization than we have...
Aging is the foremost risk factor for COVID-19
There are many lessons to be learned from the current COVID-19 pandemic, particularly ones about how our society, healthcare system, and socioeconomic system can be better positioned and equipped to cope with future pandemics and other catastrophic events. One important takeaway, however, is already self-evident: age is one of the most significant risk factors for...
XPRIZE logo
On April 29th and 30th, the XPRIZE Foundation hosted an event at its headquarters in Culver City, California that could have a profound effect on the evolving landscape of biorejuvenation research: the Future of Longevity Impact Roadmap Lab. For those unfamiliar, the XPRIZE Foundation is famous for designing multi-million-dollar, global competitions to incentivize the development...