Aug. 31, 2023 10:01 am ET
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—Vast oil wealth has enabled Saudi Arabia to establish dominant roles in global sports, electric cars and tech startups. The kingdom’s next target may be its most ambitious yet: extending the human lifespan.
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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto Saudi ruler, has allocated more than a billion dollars a year to an effort called Hevolution Foundation to develop new treatments for aging. That could dramatically expand the available global funding for research on longevity biology, which now comes mainly from the U.S. National Institute on Aging.
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