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Healthspan was founded in response to a deeply personal health crisis that Daniel, our founder, faced when his wife, Dr. Elana Miller, had a lymphoma relapse. After her stem cell transplant, their search for physicians well-versed in cutting-edge metabolic oncology and mTOR inhibition research exposed the stark reality: these treatments were scarcely available, and when they were, the cost was exorbitant.