The money or credibility for Methuselah Foundation to pursue the other SENS research projects. A success with LysoSENS will certainly do this and money and credibility are noble goals AND requirements for any research project.
Umm without credibility we can't convince the rest of the world to work on this. If we can show there is money to be had big pharma might throw its weight in.
Of course these things are needed however developing credibility and ca$h are things you do to develop and strengthen a brand not sell the brand. The new website is selling the brand to the mainstream as well and not just to potential stakeholders. MF is in a prime position to sell the meme to the masses to to it's exposure and I don't think it is being sold very well by John on the front page.
The first paragraph of the mission statement is as follows
"The Methuselah Foundation is a non-profit medical charity dedicated to extending healthy human life. The Foundation's strategy will accelerate progress toward a comprehensive cure for age-related disease, disability, and suffering"
followed by
"Aging is a thief that robs us of our most precious resource — the wisdom and experience embodied in every human life — even as it increases the burden on our strained healthcare systems. The application of technology to the diseases of the young has resulted in many more individuals surviving to enjoy life at ages rarely experienced in past human history. It is now time for a new generation of medical therapies to cure the diseases emerging with longer life as a result of the degenerative biological aging process.
The ultimate goal of the Foundation is therefore nothing less than the defeat of age-related disease and suffering. Supported through the private donations of individuals and organizations that share this common vision, the Foundation has become an agent of change, replacing resignation toward the suffering of aging with a new understanding of how a new kind of biomedicine can rejuvenate the aging body into renewed health and vigor."
John did not mention anything about the above. yes he mentioned some of the issues that can occur as a result of aging but did not discuss what can come out of conducting research into these areas apart from the mention of gaining cred and cash.
Edited by zoolander, 12 December 2008 - 03:53 AM.