{"id":124475,"date":"2021-06-30T22:22:17","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T05:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/socom-to-test-anti-aging-pill-next-year"},"modified":"2021-06-30T22:22:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T05:22:17","slug":"socom-to-test-anti-aging-pill-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/socom-to-test-anti-aging-pill-next-year","title":{"rendered":"SOCOM To Test Anti-Aging Pill Next Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/socom-to-test-anti-aging-pill-next-year.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOCOM is using <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingdefense.com\/tag\/other-transaction-authority\/\">Other Transaction Authority (OTA)<\/a> funds to partner with private biotech laboratory <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metrobiotech.com\/\">Metro International Biotech, LLC (MetroBiotech)<\/a> in the pill\u2019s development, which is based on what is called a \u201chuman performance small molecule,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese efforts are not about creating physical traits that don\u2019t already exist naturally. This is about enhancing the mission readiness of our forces by improving performance characteristics that typically decline with age,\u201d Hawkins said. \u201cEssentially, we are working with leading industry partners and clinical research institutions to develop a nutraceutical, in the form of a pill that is suitable for a variety of uses by both civilians and military members, whose resulting benefits may include improved human performance \u2013 like increased endurance and faster recovery from injury.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hawkins said SOCOM \u201chas spent $2.8 million on this effort\u201d since its launch in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOCOM is using Other Transaction Authority (OTA) funds to partner with private biotech laboratory Metro International Biotech, LLC (MetroBiotech) in the pill\u2019s development, which is based on what is called a \u201chuman performance small molecule,\u201d he explained. \u201cThese efforts are not about creating physical traits that don\u2019t already exist naturally. This is about enhancing the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":359,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-military"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124475\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}