AFAR's Mission

To support and advance Healthy Aging through Biomedical Research

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AFAR's Grant Programs

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AFAR News

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AFAR Experts in the News: Nature article on immune system and aging features Laura Neidernhofer, MD, PhD, and Vittorio Sebastiano, PhD
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AFAR Grantee in the News: New Research by Reisa Sperling, PhD on possible genetic causes for Alzheimer’s in Nature, NY Times and Smithsonian Magazine
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Financial Times highlights the Dog Aging Project and TAME Trial
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AFAR Grantee in the News: New Research by Valter Longo, PhD featured in CNN
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AFAR Grantee in the News: New Research by Jason Hinman, MD, PhD on blood work that could calculate the risk of a stroke
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Ask the Expert Interview: Economist and author Andrew J. Scott, MSc, DPhil, on The Longevity Imperative

AFAR's Leadership

AFAR provides infrastructure support and leadership for three initiatives funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA).

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Providing leadership in the pursuit of basic research into the biology of aging

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Catalyzing cross-disciplinary research across the NIA center programs

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A national platform to advance transdisciplinary aging research

The TAME Trial

The AFAR-managed TAME (Targeting Aging with Metformin) Trial will establish a proof-of-concept that aging processes can be treated, just as we treat diseases.

The TAME Trial ultimately seeks the FDA to make aging an "indication" for treatment.

If aging is made an indication, the TAME Trial will mark a paradigm shift: from treating each age-related medical condition separately, to treating these conditions together, by targeting aging per se.

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AFAR is grateful for the collaboration and support of our program partners, including:

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