Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Paypal Co-Founder Backs Anti-Aging Research Prize

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the my-mouse-is-older-than-your-mouse dept.

Baldrson writes, "Anti-aging researchers, via The Methuselah Mouse Prize or M-Prize, are receiving an additional $3 million incentive to stop and reverse aging. Researchers win M-Prize money in increments by breaking longevity records for mice or reversing their aging. The philanthropic donation comes from Peter Thiel, co-founder and former CEO of PayPal. Mr. Thiel has pledged to match each dollar donated to the M-Prize with his own 50 cent contributions up to $3 million." The M-Prize was created by Aubrey de Grey, a controversial biomedical gerontologist in Cambridge, England.

4 of 260 comments (clear)

  1. Hmmmm.... by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Funny

    How much did the guy inventing the serial to USB converter get for expanding a mouse's lifespan?

    --
    We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
  2. Hate to see it happen by eebra82 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I am definitely buying one of those immortal mice to my daughter. That should teach her a valuable lesson about life.

    --
    Full Tilt
  3. Oh dear. by Funkcikle · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Mr. Thiel has pledged to match each dollar donated to the M-Prize with his own 50 cent contributions up to $3 million."
    No mention of the 3.75% service charge payable by the recipient of the prize, though.
  4. Re:Dawkins by kfg · · Score: 4, Funny

    An animal with the parasite would be as successful in spreading its genes as one without it.

    Who is the parasite, "me" or "my" mithochondria. It's not an easy question to answer.

    The question of whether or not I am a parasite is easier to answer. Yes, yes I am. A girl has to make a living somehow.

    KFG