biotech

Methuselah Foundation thinks Longevity Escape Velocity could be here by 2030

Posted in Medicine on 8th Sep, 2018
by Alex Muller

We are seeing the first glimmers of this already.

The Las Vegas vertical farm that aims to produce over 1 million pounds of produce every year

Posted in Business on 27th Aug, 2018
by Alex Muller

The city could soon become a major purveyor of fresh greens, thanks to a new $30 million vertical-farming facility.

Artificial Intelligence creating new drugs from scratch by efficiently searching huge molecular possibilities

Posted in Software on 9th Aug, 2018
by Alex Muller

AI is revolutionizing medicine including radiology, pathology, and other medical specialties.

80 year old billionaires are injecting Placental stem cells to boost lifespan and health

Posted in Medicine on 7th Aug, 2018
by Alex Muller

Injecting Placental stem cells into old mice at the end of their lives can boost longevity by 50%. It extends the life of 2-year-old mice to three years.

Google Calico, and drug giant AbbVie, sign a $1 billion deal to back antiaging drug development

Posted in Business on 27th Jun, 2018
by Alex Muller

The famously quiet Calico has built a big team of 150-plus around an HQ base in South San Francisco, with plans to add more.