One of the primary concerns in the life extension industry is the absence of scientifically validated interventions that reliably extend the human lifespan. The market is saturated with products marketed for anti-aging benefits, yet most lack clinical approval and scientific backing. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has only approved one life extension-related clinical trial—the TAME (Target-ing Aging with Metformin) study—but there is no officially recognized life extension drug yet. As a result, consumers often rely on over-the-counter supplements, cosmetics, and alternative medicine with uncertain efficacy. This study addresses the gap in the collaboration between scientists (stakeholders) and their communication with patients and commercialization of their research findings. Our primary objective is to develop an online platform namely BlitzAge.com which will cater to the requirements of the scientists. A preliminary survey was conducted to find out details of the research problem using 60 stakeholders (medical doctors/ scientists/ institutions) who are currently involved in researching in lifespan extension. Through semi-structured face-to-face interviews, it has been revealed that a considerable number of researchers are having the potential to attract funds for their research even under current world economic conditions. In addition to that, most researchers are willing to spend about half of their research funds on acquisition, holding, maintenance, analysis and presentation of research data. Furthermore, they intend to earn money through various other means such as advertising, allowing interested parties access to data archives etc. Researchers prefer their data analyzing tools to be integrated with the proposed online platform so that they can be used efficiently. The other main concern is about wanting strict security for their archived data. The subscription-based charging model has been preferred. However, a pay-user model is preferred when hiring cloud services for analyzing large amount of data. After carefully analyzing the surveyed results, it was concluded that in the current world context, an online platform can be developed to provide the much-needed solution to stakeholders.

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Development of a Web-Based Software Application for Longevity Extension Research Clinic

  • Sena Seneviratne,
  • Udaya Seneviratne,
  • Yashas Mallawarachchi,
  • A. Abeysinghe

摘要

One of the primary concerns in the life extension industry is the absence of scientifically validated interventions that reliably extend the human lifespan. The market is saturated with products marketed for anti-aging benefits, yet most lack clinical approval and scientific backing. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has only approved one life extension-related clinical trial—the TAME (Target-ing Aging with Metformin) study—but there is no officially recognized life extension drug yet. As a result, consumers often rely on over-the-counter supplements, cosmetics, and alternative medicine with uncertain efficacy. This study addresses the gap in the collaboration between scientists (stakeholders) and their communication with patients and commercialization of their research findings. Our primary objective is to develop an online platform namely BlitzAge.com which will cater to the requirements of the scientists. A preliminary survey was conducted to find out details of the research problem using 60 stakeholders (medical doctors/ scientists/ institutions) who are currently involved in researching in lifespan extension. Through semi-structured face-to-face interviews, it has been revealed that a considerable number of researchers are having the potential to attract funds for their research even under current world economic conditions. In addition to that, most researchers are willing to spend about half of their research funds on acquisition, holding, maintenance, analysis and presentation of research data. Furthermore, they intend to earn money through various other means such as advertising, allowing interested parties access to data archives etc. Researchers prefer their data analyzing tools to be integrated with the proposed online platform so that they can be used efficiently. The other main concern is about wanting strict security for their archived data. The subscription-based charging model has been preferred. However, a pay-user model is preferred when hiring cloud services for analyzing large amount of data. After carefully analyzing the surveyed results, it was concluded that in the current world context, an online platform can be developed to provide the much-needed solution to stakeholders.