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LA JOLLA\u2014Salk Institute Professor Satchidananda Panda<\/a> has been named a semifinalist in the XPRIZE Healthspan<\/a> competition.\u00a0Panda\u2019s team is known for its expertise in circadian rhythms, the body\u2019s internal timetable that determines the timing of our behaviors, such as sleep and wakefulness, and almost every bodily function.<\/p>\n

XPRIZE Healthspan is a global seven-year, $101 million competition to revolutionize the way we approach human aging. Finalists will be selected based on their therapeutic innovations that restore muscle, cognition, and immune function by a minimum of 10 years, with an ambitious goal of 20 years, and deliver their therapy in one year or less for adults aged 50-80 years who are free of major or life-threatening disease and disability.<\/p>\n

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Emily Manoogian and Satchidananda Panda
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Panda\u2018s project, called “Circadian,” hypothesizes that personalized circadian rhythm optimization, alone or in combination with therapies for existing conditions, can substantially enhance healthspan\u2014the period of our lifetimes during which we remain in good health. His prior published studies with Emily Manoogian, a staff scientist in his lab, demonstrated that optimizing just one aspect of circadian rhythm by time-restricted eating\u2014the most popular form of intermittent fasting\u2014can reduce the burden of metabolic diseases in young and middle-aged adults. Building on this discovery, they proposed that a comprehensive circadian rhythm optimization can substantially increase healthspan among older adults.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing named a semifinalist in the XPRIZE Healthspan competition is both an honor and a testament to the importance of understanding how our daily routines\u2014when we eat, sleep, and move\u2014 affect our long-term health,\u201d says Panda, who holds the\u00a0Rita and Richard Atkinson Chair at Salk. \u201cOur work demonstrates that optimizing these rhythms can dramatically improve physical, cognitive, and immune functions, potentially making us younger.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a semifinalist, Panda will receive $250,000 to test the feasibility of this concept in a small group of adults aged 55-80 years old. The Circadian team\u2014world-class experts in nutrition, sleep, heart health, immune health, mitochondria function, cognition, and exercise physiology\u2014will design and deliver personalized circadian lifestyle optimization plans for each study participant. The plans will focus on the quality, quantity, and timing of exercise, sleep, nutrition, and light. For 60 days, participants will follow the intervention, while the team monitors them remotely via the myCircadianClock app, wearables, and periodic check-ins to address barriers and ensure adherence. At the end of the study, the team will repeat baseline health assessments to measure changes in immune function, physical strength, mitochondrial function, cognitive performance, and a comprehensive panel of blood tests. The team\u2019s molecular biologists and data scientists will analyze the millions of collected data points to assess the health benefits.<\/p>\n

If they successfully complete this pilot trial, the Circadian team could advance to the next round of 10 finalists, where they will expand the intervention to a larger group for one year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are excited to move forward in the competition and demonstrate how these simple, yet powerful lifestyle changes can extend not just lifespan, but healthspan,\u201d Manoogian says. \u201cOur ultimate goal is to make these interventions accessible to people worldwide, contributing to healthier, longer lives.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":53328,"template":"","faculty":[105],"disease-research":[146,123],"class_list":["post-53324","disclosure","type-disclosure","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","faculty-satchidananda-panda","disease-research-aging-and-regenerative-medicine","disease-research-metabolism-and-diabetes"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSalk Institute scientists named semifinalists in XPRIZE Healthspan competition - Salk Institute for Biological Studies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salk.edu\/es\/news-release\/salk-institute-scientists-named-semifinalists-in-xprize-healthspan-competition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Salk Institute scientists named semifinalists in XPRIZE Healthspan competition - 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