Ninety-year-old University of Washington emeritus physics professor John G. Cramer has volunteered to join a pioneering effort to surpass the 122-year human longevity limit by undergoing bioreactor-grown mitochondrial transplantation. The work is overseen by physicians and scientists from Stanford, UCLA, Northwell Health NY, and Mitrix Bio.

Cramer describes the approach as “the first that seems potentially safe and powerful enough to get someone past 122 in good health” and, if successful, could also aid children with genetic disorders, injured veterans and others.

Cramer holds 300-plus physics papers, three hard-science novels and the first audio recording of the Big Bang among his accomplishments, but he still wants “another 30 years” to pursue new books, experiments and possibly another doctorate.

After evaluating current life-extension methods, he selected mitochondrial transplantation over epigenetic reprogramming, judging the latter too risky for his age. Mitochondria — the cell’s power plants — can now be transplanted to treat sepsis, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and other conditions; Mitrix Bio aims to scale the process to reverse aging by supplying large volumes of “age-reset” mitochondria.

The project seeks five additional participants aged 55 or older or living with chronic illnesses who can self-fund and are willing to act as early adopters. Data gathered will also assist teams treating pediatric, chronic and neurodegenerative diseases.

“I’ve been very fortunate,” says Cramer. “Isn’t that what everyone would like to do if they could? I and the other volunteers all feel privileged to blaze this new trail.”

A long-dormant Ethereum wallet inked $8.66 million in profits after selling 5,001 ETH it purchased back in 2017.

The crypto tracker Lookonchain notes the address acquired 5,001 Ethereum for $1.38 million in 2017, back when ETH cost only $277.

The wallet held its Ethereum trove through multiple bull runs, including when ETH hit its all-time high of $4,878 in November 2021. At that high point, the Ethereum holder would have made $23 million in profit had they sold.

The wallet sold 3,000 Ethereum in early March and hawked the remaining 2,001 ETH earlier this week, according to the crypto data platform Arkham.

Ethereum is trading at $1,882 at time of writing. The second-ranked crypto asset by market cap is down nearly 2% in the past 24 hours and more than 6% in the past seven days.

Lookonchain also notes that crypto whales have been selling Aave (AAVE), a top decentralized lending protocol built on Ethereum.

One whale deposited 30,001 AAVE worth $4.98 million to the digital assets prime brokerage FalconX. Another deposited 11,018 AAVE worth $1.86 million to the crypto exchange OKX at a loss of $293,000.

AAVE is trading at $157.39 at time of writing. The 52nd-ranked crypto asset by market cap is down more than 6% in the past 24 hours and nearly 12% in the past seven days.

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