Stay cool: the longevity tech that “shows insane promise”

Aubrey de Grey explains why the time is right to be extremely ambitious and audacious when it comes to longevity research.

August will see the second annual Longevity Summit take place in Dublin. Packed with keynote presentations by leading experts in the aging field, the summit will showcase some of the latest – and most exciting – research and innovations in the longevity space.

My take on this: One of the Longevity Summit‘s most-anticipated speakers is eminent gerontologist Dr Aubrey de Grey. Since the launch of the Longevity Escape Velocity Foundation, which Dr de Grey announced at Dublin last year, news on progress of its flagship research programme Robust Mouse Rejuvenation has been keenly awaited, as has further details on its research into transplants on demand.

Earlier this week, we caught up with Dr de Grey to find out more about the conference, its speakers and agenda, and today we dig into what he and LEV Foundation have been up to.

Aubrey de Grey on rapid progress

I’m really happy about how fast Robust Mouse Rejuvenation is coming along, and to have got this far, this fast is something I’m very proud of. And, honestly, I’ve taken some risks to achieve this progress.

Aubrey de Grey on playing it cool

Freezing donor organs that are awaiting transplants creates an enormous amount of damage; I know of exactly one potential technology that shows really big promise in this area – in fact, it shows insane promise. That’s the technology we’re supporting at Keinice; it’s called persufflation and it involves cooling organs, not by putting them, in fact, into low temperatures, but rather by pumping cold gas through the vasculature.

Get to know more about what Dr Aubrey de Grey and LEV Foundation have been up to, HERE.

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