Science of Longevity Foundation thanks all research groups and scientists, who participated in the contest for the best hypothesis on the problem of life extension increase, that was announced in the weekly "Poisk", No 3, 21 January, 2000.

The following projects are the winners of the contest:

1. Age dynamics of the change of human hormonal spectrum
   Smirnova O. V.
   Laboratory of Endocrinology, Lomonosov Moscow State University



2. Age changes of the peptide fractions of human hypothalamus and epiphysis
   Ivanov V. T. and Karelin A. A.
   Chemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry



3. Extension of human cell life through the increase of the dose of the gene, inactivation of both alleles of which leads to Werner syndrome (premature aging syndrome)
   Shevelev I. V. and Filatov M. V.
   St.-Petersburg Institute of Nuclear Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences



4. Age peculiarities of involution of human immune system functions: search for ways of correction
   Petrov R. V., Khaitov R. M., Pinegin B. V., and Alekseyev L. P.
   Institute of Immunology



5. Involvement of triplet microsatellites in brain aging
   Sverdlov E. D. and Glotov B. O.
   Institute of Molecular Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences

Projects that won the sympathy of SLF Scientific Council:

1. Study of the effect of epiphyseal synthetic peptide and melatonin on life extension, biological age indices and development of spontaneous tumors in mice with various genotypes
   Anisimov V. N.
   Petrov Oncology Research Institute



2. Age changes of the interaction of the functions of the nervous and immune systems and the problem of longevity
   Korneva E. A.
   Department of General Pathology and Pathophysiology, Research Institute of Experimental Medicine, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences



3. Selective regulation of the immunological bases of life extension: development of new approaches
   Petrov R. V. and Severin E. S.
   All-Russian Scientific Center of Molecular Diagnostics and Treatment

We kindly ask you to send your projects to the following address:
contests@Scienceoflongevity.com