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Laura Minquini discusses founding AthenaDAO and AthenaBio to fund female reproductive aging research

Prediction or opinion · Lifespan.io · Oct 23, 2026

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Laura Minquini, a non-scientist, describes how she moved from consumer tech into longevity after volunteering at retirement homes. She founded AthenaDAO to fund translational research in women's health and is now launching AthenaBio, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on directing more capital to female longevity science. She argues that therapies targeting biological aging processes, not supplements or protocols, are needed to improve women's health later in life.

“Not supplements, meditation, red light, or protocols. Literally therapies.” — Laura Minquini

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Laura Minquini on the Quest for Female Longevity
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Lifespan.io (news report)
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Oct 23, 2026

Laura Minquini is not a scientist, but that hasn’t stopped her from joining the front lines of the war on aging: specifically, […]

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