Anybody has any thoughts on this? --> wiki quote:
The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences is a monetary award, funded by internet entrepreneurs: Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan of Facebook; Sergey Brin of Google; entrepreneur and venture capitalist Yuri Milner; and Anne Wojcicki, one of the founders of the genetics company 23andMe. The Chairman of the Board is Arthur D. Levinson of Apple.
The award of $3 million, the largest award in the sciences, is given to researchers who have made discoveries that extend human life.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakthrough_Prize_in_Life_Sciences
Also, isn't this immortal creature cute and glowy http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/magazine/can-a-jellyfish-unlock-the-secret-of-immortality.html