Billionaires Bezos and Milner want to reverse aging – Fudzilla

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Billionaires Jeff Bezos and Yuri Milner are funding a startup biotechnology firm to reverse aging.

Altos Labs was incorporated in the US and the UK earlier this year, and has raised at least $270 million to look into the potential of cell reprogramming technology to turn back the clock in animals, and humans.

Already hired is Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, who pioneered researched into cell reprogramming, earning him the 2012 Nobel Prize for the research. He worked out that by adding just four specific proteins to cells, they can be instructed to revert into an earlier state with the properties of embryonic stem cells that make up building blocks of new animal life.

He will serve as an unpaid advisor on Altos' scientific advisory board, according to MIT Technology Review, which reported on Altos' formation.

Other talent includes Dr Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, a Spanish biologist working at the Salk Institute in California, who has pioneered research into cell switching. In 2016 he demonstrated Yamanaka's embryonic stem cell technique and applied it to mice, which exhibited signs of age reversal.

Also joining is Dr Steve Horvath, who developed markers, which can accurately measure aging in humans and animals.

Bezos, 57, who is valued at $200 billion is believed to be the richest man in the world, has previously invested in anti-aging firm Unity Biotechnology.

Milner, 59, who made his fortune, valued at around $4.8 billion,by investing in technology firms Facebook, and co-founding the internet company Mail.Ru, has over the past year been funding longevity research through the Milky Way Foundation.

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