Who funds aging, anti-aging, regenerative medicine and other healthy life extension research? Surprisingly few groups as it turns out; the paucity of funding is the biggest problem facing researchers. Governments, venture capitalists and foundations are prominent in the list.

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American Federation for Aging Research Since 1981, the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) has helped scientists begin and further careers in aging research and geriatric medicine. Their mission is to promote healthier aging through biomedical research. Buck Institute for Age Research The Buck Institute mission is to increase the healthy years of each individual's life through clinically relevant biomedical research and education on the aging process and age-associated diseases. Glenn Foundation The purpose of the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research, which was founded in 1965 by Paul F. Glenn, is to extend the healthy productive years of life through research on the mechanisms of biological aging. The Glenn Foundation supports its programs through the American Federation for Aging Research and does not make direct awards. Longevity Medical Research Foundation The LMRF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charity organization which holds fundraising events to help support medical research, focusing on pathology that impairs and shortens one's quality of health, especially in later years. The LRMF funds SENS research with the first priority as developing an innovative strategy to prevent atherosclerosis. Oxford Bioscience Partners Oxford Bioscience Partners (OBP) is a life science venture capital firm that provides equity financing and management assistance to young bioscience and healthcare companies. While they have general interests, they are funding a couple of anti-aging research and development companies. The Ellison Medical Foundation The Ellison Medical Foundation was established and supported by Lawrence J. Ellison, the CEO of Oracle. The foundation supports aging research: basic biomedical research relevant to understanding aging processes and age-related diseases and disabilities. The Methuselah Foundation The Methuselah Foundation works towards promoting effective scientific research for healthy life extension, and funds a range of research related to the Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence. The Thiel Foundation The Thiel Foundation defends and promotes freedom in all its dimensions: political, personal, and economic. It is noteworthy for its funding of SENS Foundation research. US National Institutes of Health The NIH funds a wide range of medical research, a small fraction of which is related to understanding aging and developing anti-aging medicine. This small fraction is still a sizable portion of the total funds available to researches from all sources. It is worth noting that other parts of the US government are attempting to prevent or ban anti-aging research and medical technology, however.

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