HumanLab
HumanLab helps research teams study healthy ageing in an immersive residential setting. We work with biotechnology companies, startups, universities and public institutions that need clinical operations, longitudinal data or a real-world environment for evaluating health technologies.
To discuss a project, contact partners@balneario.com.
Research partnerships in healthy ageing
Since 2019, Balneario de Cofrentes has collaborated on research projects related to longevity, functional capacity and health during long stays. HumanLab connects that setting with the clinical, technical and operational teams needed to plan and run a study.
What HumanLab can support
- Study planning with medical, physiotherapy, biology, nutrition, psychology and software specialists.
- Data collection by trained clinical and technical teams.
- Installation and evaluation of devices in appropriate rooms or facilities.
- Participant selection and comparison groups when the approved protocol allows them.
- Support for ethics documentation, consent workflows and study operations.
Participation in any study is voluntary. Available data, selection criteria and permitted uses depend on the project protocol, informed consent, ethics review and applicable data-protection requirements.
Digital biobank and longitudinal data
With support from CDTI Misiones 2024, HumanLab has developed a digital biobank designed to connect longitudinal molecular, functional and lifestyle data. Depending on the project and its approvals, this can include microbiome, genetics, epigenetics and functional measurements.
The purpose is to help researchers study change over time and design better-informed protocols. Access is not automatic: each collaboration requires a defined scientific question, governance, appropriate consent and an agreed data-management plan.
Clinical data services
HumanLab can act as a data collection, curation and analysis partner. A collaboration may include:
- Protocol design and operational planning.
- Standardised data collection by specialised staff.
- Anonymised or pseudonymised datasets where the approved protocol permits them.
- Long-stay interventions involving nutrition, sleep, exercise or rehabilitation.
- Technical integration of wearables, sensors or other research technology.
- Analysis support from clinical and software teams.
The exact scope, feasibility and regulatory pathway are assessed before a project begins.
Science4Equity
Early-stage companies can find clinical validation expensive before they have raised a larger funding round. For selected projects, Science4Equity explores whether part of HumanLab's research support can be structured through an equity-based collaboration.
This is considered case by case after reviewing scientific merit, feasibility, ethics and strategic fit. It is not a promise of investment or access to participants.
Longevity ecosystem
Balneario de Cofrentes has hosted longevity and health-innovation events and takes part in national and international meetings. HumanLab is also open to scientific workshops, research visits and conferences that fit the centre's capabilities.
If you are planning a study, evaluating a health technology or organising a longevity-related event, email partners@balneario.com with a short description of the objective, population, data required and expected timeline.