The rise of healthy longevity and healthspan in Saudi Arabia: from funding geroscience research to precision medicine and personalized digital twins

Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 is driving innovation across sectors. In the fields of healthy longevity and healthspan, the nation funds geroscience research and projects focusing on personalized medicine and artificial intelligence. This review explores how Saudi Arabia is promoting the clinical and preclinical sciences to advance the field of healthy longevity and aging science, which will help in achieving a healthy lifespan for all. The present review provides examples to demonstrate how Saudi organizations, academic institutes, medical and research centers, programs, and giga projects are pioneering in the following five domains: (1) aging, geroscience, and healthy longevity; (2) prevention; (3) genetics, genomics, epigenetics, precision and personalized medicine; (4) stem cell research and regenerative medicine; and (5) wellness and well-being.