Workshop — Seizing Policy Opportunities for Life Extension and Overcoming Political Obstacles in 2026

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1	Workshop: Seizing Policy Opportunities for Life Extension and Overcoming Political Obstacles in 2026					Led by Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman, United States Transhumanist Party
2	Presented at Vitalist Bay - Thursday, May 14, 2026				Policy Opportunities						Political Obstacles
3					Expanded Right to Try	ARPA-H Funding for Vitalist-Aligned Projects	Expedited FDA Approvals	Free Economic Zones / Freedom Cities	Potential Pro-Longevity Programs in Other Countries		Partisan Polarization	Cuts to NIH Funding	Anti-Vaccine / Anti-Science Sentiments	Unrelated Political Conflicts Stifling Longevity Research
4				Example 1:	Montana Right to Try Act - SB 422 (2023) and SB 535 (2025)	FRONT Program (Functional Repair of Neocortical Tissue), Jean Hebert	Expanded Access granted to daraxonrasib, anti-pancreatic-cancer drug, on May 1, 2026, 2 days after FDA received the application.	Próspera / Infinita City	Russian $26 billion investment into "anti-aging vaccines" (really, a gene-therapy drug that would target the RAGE receptor)	Example 1:	Rise in left-wing opposition to transhumanism because of alleged association with Peter Thiel and Elon Musk (who have not self-identified as transhumanists)	New NIH grants for both Alzheimer's Disease and aging research reduced by about half	Delays, Eligibility Restrictions to Public Access to mRNA and Novavax Vaccines in 2025	Cuts to Harvard labs (David Sinclair, George Church) in 2025 due to Trump Adminsitration's dispute with Ivy League universities (though most funding recovered by October 2025)
5				Example 2:	New Hampshire Expanded Right to Try Law (HB 701, 2025) - Propsed HB 1734, HB 1735 (2026)	PROSPR Program (Proactive Solutions for Prolonging Resilience), Andrew Brack	49 FDA-approved cell and gene therapies as of April 23, 2026	Immortalis / Neovia	Initiatives in Javier Milei's Argentina?	Example 2:	Reflexive Democratic opposition to New Hampshire Right to Try Laws	Hundreds of cancer-related research grants were terminated, including research into a novel treatment for glioblastoma using nanoparticles by Eden Tanner at the University of Mississippi	22 mRNA vaccine research projects cancelled and defunded in 2025, no new mRNA-based projects allowed be initiated	Geopolitical conflicts (e.g., tensions with Russia over Ukraine and with China over Taiwan) preventing meaningful collaboration and exchange of ideas and research findings
6				Example 3:	Nevada Freedom to Try Medical Innovations Amendment (Potential 2026 Ballot Initiative)	PRINT Program (Personalized Regenerative Immunocompetent Nanotechnology Tissue), Ryan Spitler	FDA allowed the Investigational New Drug (IND) application of EVM14, an mRNA anti-cancer vaccine for non-small-cell lung cancer and head and neck cancer (March 2025), Phase I trials began in November 2025.	Viva City / Frontier Tower	China's booming longevity industry, considered a national priority by the government, with the support of Xi Jinping	Example 3:	Democrats in the House of Representatives largely opposed the Federal Right to Try Act of 2017, which passed the House by a vote of 267 to 149 on the second try, with most Democrats opposed.	National Instute of Aging cut funding for the Dog Aging Project in 2024. (The project has since been continued due to private funding.)	Bans on in vitro / lab-grown meat in 8 States: Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Texas	February 2025 arrest and detention of Ksenia Petrova, researcher at Harvard Medical School, for entering the country with undeclared frog embryos. (She was released in January 2026 and is back at work.)
7				Example 4:		BoSS Program (BioStabilization Systems), Gloria Elliott				Additional Example?

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21	Matt Handzel	handzelmatthew@gmail.com		Importance in Your View	3 - Moderately Important						4 - Quite Important
22	Matt Handzel	handzelmatthew@gmail.com		Comments	Right to try may be double edged sword; i.e. bryan johnson looking super young and fit because of xyz therapy (and more people like him) would be positive. i imagine there could be some potentially negative outcomes and people may point to this and say that is dangerous
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