The SENS Foundation Research Center is our internal facility for proof-of-concept research in rejuvenation biotechnologies. Find out more or make a donation to help our work.

SENS Foundation works to develop, promote and ensure widespread access to rejuvenation biotechnologies which comprehensively address the disabilities and diseases of aging.

The Foundation catalyses progress toward a comprehensive panel of rejuvenation biotechnologies through its growing global networks and collaborations, and through key research projects, executed in its own Research Center and numerous affiliated universities, research organizations and other centers of excellence.

Recent news, events and blog posts

  • Announcing New Summer Internships

    January 31, 2012 by Daniel Kimbel from Academic Initiative

    In the summer of 2012, the Academic Initiative will bring as many as three students to the SENS Foundation Research Center in Mountain View, California to participate in SENS research for three months. These students will receive monthly stipends and, if they are not local to the San Francisco Bay Area, a credit towards airfare.

  • Welcome to the Academic Initiative's New Site

    January 3, 2012 by Daniel Kimbel from Academic Initiative

    Welcome to the SENS Foundation Academic Initiative’s new website. In addition to containing more comprehensive information about the Initiative and what it does, this site offers a number of new features, including a listing of outreach projects and a searchable database of member profiles. The site leaves plenty of room for the Initiative to grow into, thanks to its new committee pages, its new media section, and its more streamlined navigation.

  • NFT-Specific Tau Vaccine Arrests Tangle Progress

    January 1, 2012 by Michael Rae from Chief Science Officer's Team

    Immunotherapy targeting the age-related accumulation of extracellular aggregates, in the form of ß-amyloid, is the first  rejuvenation biotechnology to reach Phase III human clinical trials.

  • Holiday Appeal

    December 24, 2011 by Mike Kope from Founders

    Dear Friends,
    The diseases of aging -- heart disease, Alzheimer's, macular degeneration -- are not only terrible, tragic, and debilitating, but potentially preventable. SENS Foundation is working to use regenerative medicine to repair the cellular and molecular damage that accumulates in all of our bodies over time. With the right application of such treatments, we could slow, or even reverse, the pathology of aging. Read more »

  • $30,000 in Academic Initiative Grants

    December 7, 2011 by Daniel Kimbel from Academic Initiative

    The SENS Foundation Academic Initiative is pleased to announce that it will be awarding up to $30,000 in materials grants in 2012. These grants are available to undergraduate, graduate, and medical students, and may be used to cover the cost of laboratory materials for aging- and rejuvenation-related research projects. A typical grant will range from $500-$2000, but grants of up to $5000 may be awarded for group projects.

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Research Advisors

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Video

Mike Kope's closing speech at SENS5: SENS Foundation's progress and future goals.

Dr Aubrey de Grey on CNN's global health show Vital Signs.

Dr Aubrey de Grey interviewed at Harvard Medical School.


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