MONTCLAIR, N.J., June 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Founded by renowned
anti-aging medicine pioneer Dr. Vincent
Giampapa, the Global Foundation for Human Aging Research
(http://globalhumanaging.org/) is looking to change the future of
human health. The nonprofit organization funds research addressing
the fundamental, cellular-level causes of aging and age-related
conditions.
"We need to transform our health care system into a 'prevention
and wellness system' instead of a 'disease mitigation system,'"
says Dr. Giampapa. "Today, our medical system attempts to merely
suppress symptoms using prescription drugs. These drugs then cause
additional problems that lead to more symptoms — and the patient is
trapped in a downward spiral of more and more maintenance drugs. As
the global population gets older and sicker while healthcare costs
skyrocket, this flawed system creates an economic and potentially
humanitarian time bomb."
According to the United States Census Bureau, the number of
people aged 65 and older will reach 83.7 million by 2050. And by
the end of the next decade, more than 20 percent of U.S. residents
will be seniors — up from just 13 percent in 2010. If medical
solutions to age-related illness and infirmities do not
substantially improve, the health care system will be stretched to
the breaking point. The problem is by no means isolated to the
U.S.; the entire developed world is on the same trajectory, and the
developing world is likely not far behind.
Government health care policy changes alone are inadequate to
tackle the consequences of this demographic shift, says Giampapa
and his colleagues. What's needed is a complete re-orientation to
how we treat and provide healthcare to aging adults, and it will
require entrepreneurialism and private capital. The Global
Foundation for Human Aging Research believes epigenetics, cellular
technologies, and stem cell therapies are an excellent starting
point for this necessary revolution in our healthcare system.
In addition, continuing research into stem cells will provide
fuel for further breakthroughs in anti-aging medicine. Dr. Giampapa
is personally invested in this field, and he was a keynote speaker
at the Second International Adults Stem Cell Conference at the
Vatican in Rome. He was also a
stem cell expert featured on Discovery Science Channel's stem cell
special narrated by Stephen
Hawking.
Another focus of the foundation is on the development of a
BioBanking system for young, healthy cells that can be used later
in life to maintain healthy function and dramatically enhance
quality of life relative to today's expectations of the aging
process. Indeed, the collection and storage of cellular material
may become the foundation of health care in the future.
Recent beneficiaries of the foundation include Whitehead
Institute, Wellomics, Inc. and the Harvard Paul F. Glenn Center for
the Biology of Aging. As a 501(c)(3) organization, donations to the
foundation from the community are tax deductible.
About the Global Foundation for Human Aging Research
The Global Foundation for Human Aging Research is a nonprofit
organization working to support the front lines of medical research
and development related to the biology of human aging with the goal
of improving healthspan for aging populations worldwide. It
contributes funds to other non-profit institutions, universities,
and companies that are working in line with its mission. It was
founded by renowned anti-aging medicine pioneer Dr. Vincent Giampapa, M.D., F.A.C.S.
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