Hello Vitalians! April Fools might have started the month, but we promise this Newsletter is no joke! Many people in VitaDAO were able to attend ETHAmsterdam for one of the first ever DeSci days, featuring talks about all things DeSci. …

TL;DR — By focusing anywhere but the US, DeSci can solve the hardest problems with science & medicine. — Science & medicine are a monopoly It might be hard to believe but science & medicine are caught in an innovator’s dilemma. …

Hello Vitalians! Another month, another newsletter- and we couldn’t be more excited about it. Many of the core contributors to the DAO were able to meet up in sunny ☀️ Lisbon this month to organize, bond, and brainstorm in person. …

Humans can instinctively recognize if someone appears older or younger than their age; so then, it should be apparent that many species, including humans, develop age-related changes at different rates. Chronological age, easily derived from a birthdate, can be associated with positive aspects of aging, an increase conferring gains in experience and knowledge. — Increases in biological age correspond to the hindrances of aging, the concept symbolizing the overall health of an organism relative to its chronological age. …

We know we say it every month, but the VitaDAO community has been busy. We’ve been told to shorten these newsletters, but in all honesty, all that happened in VitaDAO this month makes that difficult! February was packed full of journal clubs, new medium articles, active votes, and a growing…

Save gas fees by using Gnosis Chain (formerly xDai Chain) — DISCLAIMER: This guide is intended only for people who want to get VITA for use in VitaDAO. Part 1: Get started on Gnosis Chain Get a wallet that is compatible with Gnosis Chain, such as MetaMask, Coinbase Wallet, Status, a hardware wallet (via MetaMask or WalletConnect) or a Gnosis Safe. Add Gnosis Chain to your wallet. If…

If you have been following the longevity field for even just a little a while, you have probably heard of NAD+… a lot. So what is NAD+, and why are people excited about it? — The Importance of NAD+ in Cellular Health Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide or NAD+ is essential for the fundamental biological processes of cellular health like energy production, metabolism, DNA repair, mitochondrial function, and more. NAD+ is vital for glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, and the electron transport chain, which is how the cells produce their energy. …

The current drug development system reflects an incentive structure that is anti-competitive and neglects the potential to repurpose existing therapies. Novel mechanisms for funding the repurposing of existing therapies will leverage existing solutions to target emerging threats faster and at a fraction of the cost. In this article, we introduce FRENS — a novel fractionalized IP-NFT sublicensing system to help make drug development more like software development.

The VitaDAO community quickly got to work after watching the ball drop. In this January edition of the VitaDAO Newsletter, you can learn about VitaDAO proposals that passed over the last month, get to know DAO rockstar Alex Dobrin, and more! New Year, new you? What we can say with…