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Optispan investigates proactive healthcare to increase healthy lifespan

Company aims to shift medicine's focus from illness treatment to proactive health optimization

01-Feb-2024

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Optispan, a company founded by aging researcher Dr. Matt Kaeberlein, aims to extend healthy lifespan ("healthspan") by 10-20 years through proactive, preventative healthcare measures.

The company believes the current healthcare system emphasizes treating illness rather than maintaining health, leading to a "lost decade" of declining well-being for many individuals.

Optispan wants to provide tools and protocols that transform healthcare, focusing on scientifically targeting the underlying biology of the aging process.

While offering a clinic for research purposes, Optispan is not primarily a "longevity clinic" but a healthcare technology company focused on developing scalable wellness solutions.

The company will initially target corporations with wellness programs and medical professionals seeking to offer a more preventive, science-based approach to healthcare.

Optispan is exploring biological age testing but emphasizes that its priority is to use science to develop practical tools that improve people's healthspan significantly.

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Matt Kaeberlein

Professor at University of Washington and chair of the American Aging Association

Optispan

Promoting healthspan and longevity

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Optispan investigates proactive healthcare to increase healthy lifespan