Support The Million Molecule Challenge For Longevity
A moonshot project to rapidly advance longevity intervention discovery
Researchers including Mitchell Lee and Matt Kaeberlein have launched the Million Molecule Challenge with Ora Biomedical. The project will rapidly screen a vast number of compounds with the potential to increase healthy longevity.
The Million Molecule Challenge is seeking donors to sponsor their favorite interventions; get involved today!
Key points of the Million-Molecule Challenge
- The Million Molecule Challenge aims to screen up to one million interventions to find potential longevity treatments.
- The field needs to explore new molecules and compounds beyond the already known ones to find better longevity interventions.
- We need to step beyond the hallmarks of aging to find the things we do not know about aging. This project could increase our understanding of longevity interventions by 1000-fold.
- We are taking an unbiased approach and letting the science, not commercial interest, guide the discovery of new interventions. This could be the solution to finding and developing new longevity treatments.
- WormBot technology means many thousands of experiments can be conducted in just a few years at relatively low cost. This could give the field of longevity research a serious boost.
- This will help create a huge open access database for aging research and help drive progress in the field.
- Donors get to sponsor their favorite interventions. The cost of sponsoring an intervention is $100. You can also decide to contribute to this database or opt out when you sponsor interventions.
You get to choose what gets tested
Getting involved with this project is easy! Ora Biomedical has created a list of interventions, and you can choose one or more to sponsor. Your sponsored interventions will then be included in the testing process.
Maybe your chosen intervention could be the next big discovery and help drive understanding and breakthroughs in aging research!
All you need to do is choose the intervention(s), you wish to sponsor from the drop down menu, and you are good to go! If you prefer to let the gods of fate decide, you can also have the Random Intervention Machine choose for you.
Sponsoring an intervention costs $100. Currently, only FDA-approved compounds are available, but more libraries will be added.
You can also contribute to adding a new library so that its components can be sponsored. You can sponsor one or more interventions, either individually or in combination.
Use your experiment data how you like
Your sponsored intervention will be put into the queue, and Ora Biomedical will analyze your chosen intervention. Once your experiment is completed, you will receive secure access to both the raw and analyzed data. You co-own this data with Ora and are free to use it as you wish.
If you choose not to opt out, you will also have the opportunity to participate in the Longevity Leaderboard. This competition allows you to compare your sponsored intervention with others.
Finally, your data will be included in the Million-molecule challenge database, which is accessible to everyone. This will help to build a vast database that researchers can use to potentially develop innovative longevity interventions.
If you have questions, check out the Million-molecule challenge FAQ at Ora Biomedical.
Fiscal sponsorship for longevity research
Lifespan.io is fiscally sponsoring this project, collecting donations, and overseeing that the funds are properly spent. This allows us to support projects that align with our mission, regardless of whether they are run by non-profit or for-profit entities.
Working with a fiscal sponsor enables an organization that does not itself qualify as tax-exempt to attract funding for its project that will, through the fiscal sponsor, be potentially tax-deductible to donors.