title: The Critical Need to Promote Research of Aging and Aging-related Diseases to Improve Health and Longevity of the Elderly Population.
abstract: Due to the aging of the global population and the derivative increase in aging-related non-communicable diseases and their economic burden, there is an urgent need to promote research on aging and aging-related diseases as a way to improve healthy and productive longevity for the elderly population. To accomplish this goal, we advocate the following policies: 1) Increasing funding for research and development specifically directed to ameliorate degenerative aging processes and to extend healthy and productive lifespan for the population; 2) Providing a set of incentives for commercial, academic, public and governmental organizations to foster engagement in such research and development; and 3) Establishing and expanding coordination and consultation structures, programs and institutions involved in aging-related research, development and education in academia, industry, public policy agencies and at governmental and supra-governmental levels.
authors: Executive Committee, International Society on Aging and Disease (ISOAD), Fort Worth, TX76137, USA ; Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX76137, USA.
authors: Kunlin
authors: K
authors: Jin
authors: Executive Committee, International Society on Aging and Disease (ISOAD), Fort Worth, TX76137, USA ; Center for Basic and Translational Stroke Research, West Virginia University, West Virginia, USA.
authors: James W
authors: JW
authors: Simpkins
authors: Executive Committee, International Society on Aging and Disease (ISOAD), Fort Worth, TX76137, USA ; Department of Neurosurgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
authors: Xunming
authors: X
authors: Ji
authors: Executive Committee, International Society on Aging and Disease (ISOAD), Fort Worth, TX76137, USA ; Fraunhofer Society for the Advancement of Applied Research, Munich, Germany.
authors: Miriam
authors: M
authors: Leis
authors: Executive Committee, International Society on Aging and Disease (ISOAD), Fort Worth, TX76137, USA ; Department of Science, Technology and Society, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
authors: Ilia
authors: I
authors: Stambler
keywords: aging; aging-related diseases; elderly; health; longevity; population
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