[ExI] The Critical Need to Promote Research of Aging (press release ISOAD)

Fri Feb 13 13:26:43 UTC 2015

*Re: The Critical Need to Promote Research of Aging and Aging-related
Diseases to Improve Health and Longevity of the Elderly Population *(press
release ISOAD)

(Original http://isoad.org/content.aspx?info_lb=640&flag=571 )

Dear colleagues,

I would like to draw your attention to the following press release of the
International Society on Aging and Disease (ISOAD).

On November 1-2, 2014, there took place in Beijing, China, the first
International Conference on Aging and Disease (ICAD) of the International
Society on Aging and Disease (ISOAD, http://isoad.org/). It showcased some
of the latest advances in aging and longevity research, including
regenerative medicine, geroprotective substances and regimens.

The range of cutting edge, often breakthrough, topics and advances from
over 60 presenters from around the world can be seen in the conference
program http://isoad.org/content.aspx?info_lb=606&flag=103. The conference
report, entitled “Stop Aging Disease!” (which is also the ISOAD official
motto) was recently published in the ISOAD journal *Aging and Disease*,
http://www.aginganddisease.org/EN/10.14336/AD.2015.0115 briefly describing
a variety of the fields presented, from modulation of energy balance,
through toxicology, genomics, proteomics and immunotherapy to systems
biology, behavioral therapy and health research policy, aimed to achieve
healthy longevity.

The conference provided yet another illustration of the great promise of
longevity research. Yet a much greater effort and investment will be needed
to bring advances in fundamental science toward safe, effective and
universally accessible treatments for age-related ill health. Therefore,
the conference further emphasized the vital importance of public support of
research on biology of aging and aging-related diseases for public health,
and offered some policy recommendations for its promotion. The rationale
and recommendations can be found in the conference resolution
http://isoad.org/content.aspx?info_lb=638&flag=103  and in the more
detailed position paper, published on behalf of the ISOAD, following the
conference, entitled “The Critical Need to Promote Research of Aging and
Aging-related Diseases to Improve Health and Longevity of the Elderly
Population” http://www.aginganddisease.org/EN/10.14336/AD.2014.1210. The
policy recommendations include increasing funding, specific incentives and
institutional support for aging and longevity research.

We invite the public to contribute to the widest possible recognition and
support of biological research of aging and aging-related diseases. We
welcome the readers to circulate this position paper, share it in your
social networks, forward it to politicians, potential donors and media,
organize discussion groups to debate the topics raised (that may later grow
into grassroots longevity research and activism groups in different
countries), translate this position paper into your language, reference and
link to it, even republish it in part or in full, join the ISOAD or other
aging and longevity research and advocacy organizations.

Consider focusing the discussions and promotions on special days of
symbolic significance, such as February 21 –  the 140th anniversary of the
longest-lived human, Jeanne Calment (reaching the lifespan of 122 years),
 March 1 – The Future Day, April 7 - the UN World Health Day, May 15 – the
170th anniversary of the founder of scientific aging and longevity
research, the author of the term “gerontology”, the Nobel Prize winner –
Ellie Metchnikoff, October 1 – the UN International Day of Older Persons
(celebrated by some parts of the longevity advocacy community as the
“International Longevity Day”), November 10 – the UN World Science Day for
Peace and Development, etc. Creating discussions, meetings and publications
on aging and longevity research on several consecutive days or regularly,
may only increase the impact.

Hopefully, thanks to our joint efforts “The Critical Need to Promote
Research of Aging and Aging-related Diseases to Improve Health and
Longevity of the Elderly Population” will be recognized and acted upon by
all the segments of the society, from the grassroots through the
professional to the decision-making level, with the effort corresponding to
the urgency of the need.

Ilia Stambler, PhD. Outreach Coordinator. International Society on Aging
and Disease (ISOAD)

http://isoad.org/

http://isoad.org/content.aspx?info_lb=640&flag=571

http://www.longevityforall.org/

http://www.bioaging.org.il/

http://www.longevityhistory.com/

-- 

Ilia Stambler, PhD

Outreach Coordinator. International Society on Aging and Disease - ISOAD
http://isoad.org

Chair. Israeli Longevity Alliance / International Longevity Alliance
(Israel) - ILA http://www.bioaging.org.il

Coordinator. Longevity for All http://www.longevityforall.org

Author. Longevity History. *A History of Life-Extensionism in the Twentieth
Century* http://longevityhistory.com

Email: ilia.stambler at gmail.com

Tel: 972-3-961-4296 / 0522-283-578

Rishon Lezion. Israel
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