 Hey everyone, what's up? How's it going? It's Rachel here and today? We've got a great AMA with Gary's moods a he is the operational lead for the laundry longevity science Foundation. Hey, Gary How's it going? Rachel thanks for having me. Hey Yeah, of course welcome Gary it's great to have you here before we get started with our questions first of all I'd love to hear some Background about yourself and the audience probably love to hear that as well. So Thanks, Rachel So my name is gary's moods and I'm happy to introduce myself and longevity science Foundation so a little bit about my background I I came to longevity is fear when two of my very close family members were diagnosed with incurable diseases and So I made my own research and I've seen that that there's a lot of new innovations and artificial intelligence new therapeutics and I started to tackle this problem with being general partner in longevity, which is early-stage investment vehicle that invests in longevity related startups Both therapeutics and non therapeutics and we've seen a lot of very promising research which is probably not ready for VC and Here here Here longevity science Foundation comes in as an early supporter for such for such a research that that I'm ready to cover today Great. Yeah, Gary We're looking forward to hearing all about the research of longevity science Foundation also known as LSF for short And I want to remind our audience members Please send your questions our way in the chat that we've got going here also remember to subscribe to our YouTube channel And yeah, Gary, we're gonna get into the questions right now. So first of all, what is LSF and what are the goals behind the organization? Okay, so we at longevity science Foundation We are a Swiss nonprofit organization whose mission is to take human longevity accessible to all so by funding and developing of medical technologies at their earliest stages We believe we can help extend the healthy human lifespan by supporting these new technologies and Unlike a VC or traditional investment. There is no no exchange of equity or or IP So in other words, there are no Pushy investors putting pressure on researchers Just financial support that we've gathered from people from all around the world So our goal is to distribute more than a billion US dollars over the next 10 years in non-dilutive project funding at herring to strict five years actionable impact criteria and This that means that we we wish to support not only early-stage research, but also startups also supporting conferences and Explaining about longevity for the broader audience as well as granting Non-dilutive grants to to to early-stage research so we have already secured more than 10 million US dollars and Have we have received enough the native support to fund projects through through to 2022 So generally cutting edge innovation at the laboratory or research stage often requires significant funding just to get started and this is a big challenge for researchers for smaller from smaller institutions and Foundational grants can offer much needed support when it comes to the high upfront fees associated with such a research Thank you. Got it. Got it. Yeah. So what exactly is LSF doing to raise awareness for blockchain and other emerging technologies? Yeah, the thanks for this. Yeah, I think that We live in a time when the issues of data security and confidentiality are More important than ever and in our foundation We have adopted blockchain to assure data security and established trust and Transparency while achieving full-donator engagement so the Conventional or traditional funding strategy would have minimal involvement from the contributor side and the decision at the decision-making stage But longevity science foundation on the other hand offers Donators a pre-vet at least of funding proposals on which they can exercise their voting rights Blockchain ends enables our foundation To the platform Contributors are a crucial component of the decision-making chain redefining non-equity funding Hello, got it. Got it. Oh, yes, I can hear you Gary. Yes Got it. So and then I was reading today something about the voting mechanism was just announced. Is that correct? With longevity science foundation Can you explain that? Yes, okay. Can you hear me my picture kind of I can hear you Gary? Yeah Okay yes You know with within a context in general of the biotech sector It's safe to say that raising awareness for the blockchain is the utmost experience. So here in longevity science foundation We promote it by grounding our Key processes in blockchain in giving the world a very real and much-needed use case for charity 2.0. That's how we call Our our concepts. So basically here We We we use a blockchain Implementation with adopting principles of technization and decentralization for for the foundation So our donators are are being incentivized to reach funding targets also with NFTs and other perks and Also, we we would like to get access to our for our donators to Longevity physicians and to get to get an access to to the knowledge what happens in the field and around longevity Got it and Gary Can you discuss a little bit why blockchain is important for the biotech space in general and how LSF is applying those? You know blockchain in terms of that industry Yes To to to put it simply blockchain is perfect for unlocking the value of biotech and and the the industry Runs on data. So Merging these two would allow the effortless ownership tracing maintaining audit patient privacy and consent mechanisms Etc. Etc. On average a single hospital produces 670 terabytes of data on a yearly basis and 80% of this data is largely unavailable to research bodies. So understandably this discrepancy has been Stalling the progress to a significant degree So combining the blockchain sourced and managed data with the analytical power of AI will greatly benefit to the biotech world So two good examples to illustrate the extent of the advances already made in health care due to Incorporation of this tandem would be lung genesis and in silica medicine By using AI technology in silica medicine managed to process a big amounts of patient data to identify new health care treatments and solutions So this showcases enormous potential for AI driven health care with dozens of new drug candidates And lung genesis in turn with this blockchain health care ecosystem maintains the necessary level of security and correctly manages large Blocks of patient data scatter the cross different institutions Yeah, that's right Got it an audience. I just want to remind you guys please send your questions our way We'd love to answer those Gary has it been challenging for the biotech industry to adopt blockchain in terms of just because it may be a little bit more traditional and With with data and all of that involved has it been challenging to get in an industry to use blockchain or have they been kind of welcoming towards it? I think that the whole industry moving in the direction of accepting blockchain and There are more and more blockchain applications helping to speed up clinical trials to get Consent from the patient, especially sharing the most sensitive, which is health care data So I think I think that the the industry is moving very fast to do to do to do to this direction God, I got it. Okay, and let's talk a little bit about crypto donations because you mentioned that in the beginning with Funding so how is crypto being utilized here in terms of donations for the biotech industry? So the the field of longevity is experiencing a symmetry with low survival rate in the fundamental research and some institutional actors may have sufficient funds at their disposal to jump-start their projects and Then they have a higher chance of translating their research into practical applications so here Here I'm sure that that crypto community can can help a lot to to fund this type of projects and And we at longevity science foundation we accept we accept crypto so any Anyone from crypto community can make his donation and his contribution So I think I think this is this is super important at this stage In terms of the cryptos that you guys are accepting for donations Is that are there specific crypto currencies or is it all are you accepting all crypto currencies just out of curiosity? Yes, basically we will we are we are aiming to accept the major the all the major cryptocurrencies Okay, and then you mentioned incentives with NFTs. Can you elaborate on that a little bit? Oh? Yes, so NFT is one of the aspects of the benefits for our Donators alongside alongside with other perks like longevity consultations with top world leading experts and The early supporters will get the unique NFTs to commemorate their Contributions and we believe that by doing so the NFT will serve as a means To raise public awareness to longevity related issues like cancer and neurodegenerative disorders Etc. And I think I believe that here NFT Can be a very good tool for the appreciation for our donators And we are actively working with with the biggest Platforms on that so so I hope we can announce something on this separately In Q1 next year Got it and Gary when you say NFTs I mean what can we be a little more specific there? I'm are you talking about like art NFTs or or Obviously, there's a wide range of NFTs So can you kind of be a little bit more specific with the NFTs that LSF would be considering? Yes, so basically Now we are in negotiations with the top digital artists that will will produce will produce digital art about longevity with the team of longevity and Aging Etc. So this this is something we're gonna we're gonna give as a Part of appreciation for our donators and And this is something they cannot buy for money. They can get only in exchange For for their donation from one side, but from another side if they decide To sell it on the secondary market 10% from the transaction will go to to the artist they created this and 10% goes to to the foundation So this is this is something we're gonna incentivize this way incentivize this way our Donators Got it Gary I wanted to talk a little bit more about the challenges in the biotech industry today And how blockchain is actually going to be used and how it is being used to solve those challenges So can you kind of discuss that? You know what we're seeing in the with longevity today What technologies are being used and how blockchain is actually making everything a lot easier there? So as I as I already mentioned blockchain the best from my perspective the best implementation of blockchain is the Consent management and data privacy. So basically blockchain allows to audit and to to keep to keep everything auditable and traceable and Actually because the the thing is that the data especially with the with the strict regulations like GDPR in Europe and HIPAA in in the US It's one of the most sensitive sensitive data. So here blockchain gives these level certain level of transparency and the auditability which and and actually this data is is Fuel for for research for arts using artificial intelligence for drug discovery Etc etc. So I think I think In in these cases blockchain is really must to have For for such an applications right Is there a specific region that longevity science foundation is targeting first because Obviously with regulations You know with data and all that is there a specific region where longevity science foundation is actually looking at to conduct the research First or are you targeting us or Europe or Asia? Not really we are we are actually we are not focused on on one region We are ready to accept any applications from from all over the world and for us then the utmost importance is the the technology itself and that It it the the main topic for the foundation is that this this research must give a must show significant impact in five years not longer than this because academia a hardcore academia that get used to to to spend decades for research and We actually we want to speed up this process and to get results as soon as possible Got it. Got it. Okay. I'm going to take a question from the audience Nordic is asking are they working with s e and s foundation the biggest longevity foundation out there? Actually as I as I already mentioned we are in a startup mode and we are starting being fully operational in Q1 next year but but we actually we We are ready to collaborate with anyone that wants to contribute financially or with the in kind contribution and We build around the longevity science foundation the collaborative model where we'll be happy to collaborate with any with anyone that that Gives that that puts his efforts for longevity movement So I don't I don't think why since foundation this is a very well-known institution in the US and Yes, we'll be happy to cooperate with them as well yeah Gary is LSS cooperating or collaborating with anyone as now I mean, I know it's still in startup mode and stage But are you guys looking at forming any partnerships already that you can discuss now or is that something that's yet to be determined? Oh, first of all, we have an amazing partnership with coin telegraph, which Which is our favorite crypto media that really helps us to spread the world in front in is spread the world in front of the crypto community and Very soon we are going to announce the partnership with with two big institutes and research centers that that are the front line of longevity research As well as We are creating a kind of supervisory board with the KOLs from crypto industry and tech industry that will also supervise the transparency of the of the foundation and We are actually working with with big Donators and supporters from crypto community as well. So this is something we we will announce very soon like in the next month or two Got it. Yeah audience. Please send your questions our way We we still got time here with Gary and he's happy to answer anything you guys send So please remember to send that in the chat Gary out of curiosity. Does LSF have its own cryptocurrency or will they have their own crypto moving forward? Actually, we we have a voting rights that that represent That represent donations voting rights inside the foundation So it's it's not a cryptocurrency, but we and it doesn't have any monetary value but in the in the closest future The one has more of voting rights will be first in line to get treatments and to get longevity access when accessible to to everyone of course, but The our donators will be first in line Okay, so basically if somebody sends a donation they get first for those voting rights then is that correct? Yes, correct, but primarily that's a donation. So someone someone he he wants to donate He's he's he's doing a donation and he's got both and he's like of appreciation as an addition as a Appreciation of his donation, but Ideologically, it's a donation and it's his contribution to the longevity movement. Yes Okay, and then in terms of the voting that's voting on projects that need to be Further researched with within the biotech space. Is that what the voting is for? Actually the visionary board members that consists of the of the most Credible scientists from all over the world including Mike Levitt Nobel Prize laureate chemistry professor Kaber Lane Andre Meyer professor of Singapore University Alex Javarankov and head of our visionary board Evelyn Bishof they they actually they decide the direction Which projects to be funded then the analytical team that basically mirrors VC structure, they kind of pre-select the projects that are most relevant by our by our pieces and then it goes Prevoted projects they go for voting for for our Donators and they can vote or they can delegate their vote to one of the visionary board members If they decide that maybe they know they know better how to vote it in this situation and which projects to support So they can vote and they also can delegate their vote to to to anyone Got it. And if a project wanted to be involved with LSS for research How do they get involved with LSS? Oh? Actually, we now have more than a hundred applications from research from the biggest institutions like Harvard Yale Weizmann Institute etc etc but The idea for the foundation is to divide this into pillars. So for example for the next call we support Artificial intelligence for next call we can support some other like like age-related Diseases like for example Alzheimer or Parkinson's so so we're going to divide it by calls and look for the most promising Research and teams. So this is so this is how we're going to structure this Okay, and then in terms the technology behind the voting mechanism What blockchain network are you is LSF using for that? We are working now on the technical solution that that we gonna we're gonna launch in I think in February next year and The and the blockchain technology there we use is Ethereum Ethereum, okay Are there any benefits here that you can discuss like why you're using a theory and obviously that's a public open network And it seems like this is an you know enterprise use cases. So any particular reason why you chose to use Ethereum? Yes, that was suggested by by our by our technology team and looks like that for our for our goals that that was That was Good first and then also we know that Ethereum Foundation they they support Longevity projects and we'll be also happy to collaborate on the later stage With them on the on on our mission Got it. Got it. Okay. I'm going to take a question from an audience member Ash is asking How many years do you think we can add to the average human lifespan with longevity research? That's a great question Thanks, it's a good question So so we are we are aiming we are aiming to 120 years and and this there are a lot of research now that that can that can We can we can get it but but we Very important to understand that we are not talking about some magic peel that can you know prolong our life we are talking about family of technologies and supporting different research in in curing age related diseases, so and and and actually the approach I like also the approach of Treating aging as a disease itself So here we are trying to support as more theories as possible that exist here So and we believe that at least one of them it will work so so I don't know if I if I answered your question, but Yeah, no, I think that's a great answer And then in terms of so what I'm curious to know about is I was just reading a book called platform revolution by Don Tap Scott where he discusses blockchain and all these other emerging technologies like AI and machine learning and how blockchain is going to be Applied with all of these other technologies How important is that? Combination of technologies in your opinion Gary for instance Do you think that it is necessary to have blockchain together with AI in terms of longevity in the research that you guys are doing I Think yes, and as a as a as a VC I see a lot of a lot of interesting implementations of AI and blockchain together and There are more and more startups Appearing in this field. So I'm a very very strong supporter of this combination of blockchain and AI So, yes, I think I think that's That's that's a super promising combo Mm-hmm. And are the projects that LSF is working with the people within those projects also kind of have the same opinion in terms of the combination of technologies for this research or You know, we are trying we are trying to have different opinions That's that's how we actually gathered together our our visionary board and Sometimes these these people they are on the opposite sides But we have the same the same goal to get to get people live longer and healthier life. So here We are okay to support Anything that will lead us to the to the end result which is healthy human lifespan so there is some there is some AI and blockchain they showed very good results in the last in the last one two years including the including the You know helping to develop vaccines for coffee then solving the main the main issues of the main you know house problems of today, so Yes, I I'm a strong believer and I hope I hope I mean the results the results of this research They will they will show the path. So I think the the results of this kind of Research will be will be then then we can judge who was who was right or wrong Right, and you mentioned so there are a few different sectors that LSF is looking at in terms of the longevity research I'm assuming cobit. Is that one of the sectors that you guys are also looking to do further research into? Oh, of course. We are we are we are also looking because On the on the COVID the applications because you know COVID kills people and especially older older people and the people with health risks. So Definitely in in our focus as well. Yeah, no, that's really interesting An audience member Neilio is asking is the LSF an open source organization. Oh, yes, it is as I mentioned We we have a collaborative model. So we'll be happy to have anyone Supporting us Whether it's a financial support or any other in kind contribution. So I'll be happy to connect, please send me a note in LinkedIn or Facebook or any other way and I'll Be happy to talk about this and about your contribution Yeah, that's a great question And also Valeria is asking how many years should we wait for the results of longevity at things? How how we a real humans can use this for our lives? Okay, thanks for this question and I already mentioned that the goal for the longevity science Foundation is primarily to fund projects that that will show significant impact in five years from now so so this is this is something we are targeting and We My personal perception is that that in in ten years time from now we will have We will have some fundamental results from our from our Efforts, so I hope I hope our generation will still benefit from from what we're doing now Got it. Yeah Great. Wonderful. Thanks for the questions audience members and feel free to keep sending us questions You know, it's interesting Gary because although we're talking about blockchain and cryptocurrency here Longevity is such an interesting topic and so the questions that we were getting from the audience They're not all related just you know to blockchain and crypto It's just about longevity, which is so interesting because you know so much about the topic So I think you know, especially given the situation that we're living in now with COVID This is such an interesting topic and there are so many questions that you know People probably want to know the answers to But you know, I believe I believe that crypto community they are visionaries in a way because they believed they believed in this concept many years ago and and I believe that these people they they also they they must they would they will share our ideas and and I think today a longevity longevity industry in general I would say is in diapers and it's growing as as as an industry but I strongly believe that Crypto community can make a significant push for for these applications to be accessible Sooner than later Right why in particular I mean you said the crypto community I mean and I understand we are visionaries for sure and we look forward and we think ahead in terms of future But why in particular are you saying that this was something that the crypto community was focused on? Way before other communities maybe Because just because I think this is most most progressive and and the crypto community better understands the value of You know participation decentralized participation in the decision-making processes, etc. So just just they are on the front line of emerging technologies, so that's that's why we believe and we Target these audience And this community and I believe that that we will have even more support than with that we have now Right. Yeah Okay, great. So market news for you and audience members asking how does blockchain provide solutions in the genome space or Decentralizing ownership of our own DNA. That's a great question Thanks for that. I'm I'm actually I don't I'm not sure I'm not sure I understand about the decentralizing ownership of your own DNA. I mean you can of course share the You can you can share your DNA sequence DNA for a research for example in the era applications now When when you can share your medical data and get something in exchange a token or Other other perks, but I Don't I don't see a big difference between genome space and traditional healthcare because in both cases blockchain helps to helps to For with transparency of the stability getting consent and being in the in the legal frameworks, so Yes, this is something I Think these are these are a lot of now a lot of different implementations of using blockchain for for genome sequencing Yeah, for sure. I think yeah, I mean there there. I think that there are many use cases here Gary do you think that other traditional organizations that are doing longevity research are going to Maybe want to start implementing blockchain based on LSF is doing Actually, we are we are building our technical solution for us F Super transparent way and actually the way we can white label this for other charity or non-profit organizations that want to have the same level of transparency and involvement of their Donators So I believe Other other charities maybe not focused on longevity, but on other another Healthcare applications they can they can use this platform and For for for for their research for their Goals Yeah, that's interesting Great audience keeps sending us your questions. I'm going to take another question from an audience member Valeria's asking How can I invest in longevity? Okay, so first of all supporting longevity science foundation you can get an access to a pipeline of Startups that might appear out of the out of our grant So basically our our donators we are planning to offer them participation in the pre seed and seed rounds in the early stage in the early stage companies that pop up In in in the in the best case scenario out of out of this research So I think I think this is a good way and and and there are Investment investment Vehicles like longevity and there are a number of others that you can participate as a limited partner and To invest in longevity related startups, so this is the Now more and more Investment funds looking in this direction Got it and Gary you mentioned so did you say that LSTF just published their white paper? Recently. Yes, we just we just published our our founding statement Today on our website that it's well well covered so you can you can check it on our on our website and they're In in all details explained all the all the main processes of the of the foundation and Also, we'll be happy to answer any questions that that might appear So just let us know directly through the website or ping me or my colleagues in social networks Great wonderful Audience, please keep sending us your questions. We've got a few more minutes with Gary So any questions you may have on longevity blockchain and crypto feel free to send them in the chat Gary just curious to know what what can we expect next from LSTF? You know, you just mentioned that the white paper is now up on the website and people can view that but what else can we expect moving forward? Actually, we are working on On a lot of interesting content about longevity But in a very simple words because not not everyone I'm also not a not a native speaker So sometimes there are a lot of terms that are super complicated So now we are working on the more comprehensive materials for the broader audience as well as In Q1 next year, we will announce a call capital call for sorry call funding call longevity for longevity research So and then we will have also a few announcements of the institutions that that supports us as well as Some key opinion leaders from crypto community that are also supporting us and They will share their experience in cooperating with us So stay tuned and we will have more news and also covered by fortunately by coin telegraph as well Right, definitely, and I've been reading a few of your articles on coin telegraph as well Gary I know that you're you're starting to write content and it's really really good So audience if you if you guys haven't checked out the content up on coin telegraph about you know from Gary on LSTF and just general topics. It's really good content. I was reading a few of the articles So, thank you for that Gary. We are planning. We're planning also to To we are planning a series of Explanation what is longevity from our visionary board members and this is super interesting especially Because they have they have different visions So we want to we want to create a kind of discussion club where they can they can explain What is longevity and what? each of us can do to live longer and healthier life Yeah, that sounds awesome and what what I'm excited about Hopefully you guys will start doing conferences whether there's a virtual or in person But I think that that would you know, it's such an interesting topic So I don't know if that's in store with with conferences or events for LSF, but if so you've got to let us know Oh, yes We definitely we're planning to support existing conferences in longevity We also plan to make our own like on a later stage so more people and broader audience that are not so much familiar with with the latest Technologies in longevity so they can participate and they can get this knowledge and Get this education and maybe we can turn turn someone Into the movement and we hope that's our main main goal to get more professionals and more visioners Here so I'll be happy to share and and to discuss You know the any any ideas that can help All of us to get better and longer living Right I'm gonna take another question from the audience before we run out of time here market news for you is asking What are the top two technologies that companies will make that will be groundbreaking for human health or bioengineering? It's a good question, but it's I feel like that's a tricky one to answer. Oh, yes, but I think I I Wouldn't I wouldn't like to to you know to to name them exactly because as I mentioned We we would like to bet on on everything is credible by the by the understanding of our visionary board member and analytical team and I would be happy. I mean there are there are different approaches. There is CRISPR engineering the telomeres Whatever the a lot of a lot of complicated words that I can I can Pronounce now, but but the thing is the thing is that we are targeting to to cover most promising research in this field With with with getting was explaining to our donators why we think it's it's best here Gary I don't I cannot hear you. I think I'm having a problem on Fix that real quick. Can you hear me? Yes, I can. Okay. I think I fixed the issue. Okay. Sorry about that Great. Well, Gary, this has been a wonderful conversation. I just want to thank you again I know that we are running out of time So if the audience wants to get in touch with you or LSF, how can they do that? Just visit our website and we'll be happy to connect or just find me in any social network like Facebook or LinkedIn Everything works, okay, and are you on are you on telegram or anything like that? Yes What is your telegram handle? It's it's a G a R I Z M Great wonderful. Well, Gary. Thank you again for joining us I want to thank the audience for your questions and for joining us and remember please subscribe to our YouTube channel We've got great AMA's like this all the time and Gary It was a pleasure. So thank you again, and I hope that we can see you soon I'm looking forward to reading more of your content on point telegraph. Thanks Rachel. Thanks for having me here Thank you. Bye. Bye. Bye