Life extension is the idea of extending the human lifespan, either modestly – through improvements in medicine – or dramatically by increasing the maximum lifespan beyond its generally settled limit of 125 years. The ability to achieve such dramatic changes, however, does not currently exist. Bottom Line. If you want the highest quality, most effective, and most potent vitamins, minerals, and supplements, buying from Life Extension is well worth the extra cost. I just called Life Extension and the nutrition specialist assured me that the ingredients do NOT come from China, the ingredients are made in the US. I just called again the same number from Ft. Lauderdale and the lady I talked to confirmed that the raw materials come from China, but she said that they go thru. More recently, it has been involved in providing $5 million in funding to the Stasis Foundation, an organization which aims to build a "Timeship" which would aid in the "cryopreservation of patients, organs, the DNA of humans and endangered species," but had been threatened with the loss of nonprofit status due to the lack of construction up to the year 2011.[3] In 2016, the Stasis Foundation claimed to have begun work on the Timeship. The Life Extension Foundation also donated $3.5 million to 21st Century Medicine, a for-profit company that specializes in living systems preservation technology that was founded by Saul Kent.