Could the billions keep him alive? Jeff Bezos is investing $ 3 billion in the promise of eternal youth
The challenge launched by the new startup of Amazon founder Jeff Bezo, Altos Labs: “cell regeneration” techniques that promise to prolong life “up to 50 years”. Bezos is investing $ 3 billion in this startup.
Jeff Bezos’ most recent challenge is the quest for eternal youth. Bezos, the founder and president of Amazon, the world’s second richest man and the first billionaire to travel into space, recently announced a “qualitative leap” in the administration of his firm, Altos Labs, which focuses on “cell regeneration” and the “battle against aging.”
Bezos has owned Altos since September, but the 59-year-old former pharmaceutical superhero Hal Barron, a former employee of the British giant GlaxoSmithKline, was named chief executive yesterday. The decision is supported by a $ 3 billion investment in the company’s future R&D initiatives.
They’ll concentrate on “cell reprogramming,” a procedure that “rejuvenates” single cells and has already been tested in the lab. According to some researchers, this is the real key to extending life expectancy by overcoming aging-related disorders like cancers.
Bezos co-founded Altos with other billionaires including Russia’s Yuri Milner and Richard Klausner, the former director of the US National Cancer Institute, who will chair the scientific committee. Altos has been pursuing a recruitment campaign among the most prestigious scientists, promising them excellent pay, since September.
