Last October, a large group of scientists made their way to Yuri Milner\u2019s super-mansion in the Los Altos Hills above Palo Alto. They were tested for covid-19 and wore masks as they assembled in a theater on the property for a two-day scientific conference. Others joined by teleconference. The topic: how biotechnology might be used to make people younger.<\/p>\n
Milner is a Russian-born billionaire who made a fortune on Facebook and Mail.ru and previously started the glitzy black-tie Breakthrough Prizes, $3 million awards given each year to outstanding physicists, biologists, and mathematicians. But Milner\u2019s enthusiasm for science was taking a provocative and specific new direction. As the scientific sessions progressed, experts took the stage to describe radical attempts at \u201crejuvenating\u201d animals.<\/p>\n
That meeting has now led to the formation of an ambitious new anti-aging company called Altos Labs, according to people familiar with the plans. Altos is pursuing biological reprogramming technology, a way to rejuvenate cells in the lab that some scientists think could be extended to revitalize entire animal bodies, ultimately prolonging human life.<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n SCOOP: An insanely well-funded company called Altos Labs is going after "rejuvenation" technology.<\/p>\n Yamanaka factors. Epigenetic clocks. CRISPR.<\/p>\n Offering academics $1 million salaries and more.<\/p>\n Investor rumor mill: Milner, Bezos, ARCH. Musk?https:\/\/t.co\/VMxxtA0fMO<\/a><\/p>\n — Antonio Regalado (@antonioregalado) September 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n