Peter A. Thiel, co-founder and former chief executive of the Internet payment system PayPal, said he will give $3.5-million to the Methuselah Foundation, in Springfield, Va., to support controversial scientific research that seeks to help postpone the effects of aging, reports the San Francisco Chronicle.
Methuselah was established by the eccentric scientist Aubrey de Grey, who says he is on the verge of a breakthrough that will allow humans to live for thousands of years.
Read The Chronicle of Higher Education’s profile of Mr. de Grey. (A paid subscription is required to view the Chronicle of Higher Education article.)
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