Jeff Bezos’ Immortality Investments Increase

Jeff Bezos, one of the richest people in the world, continues to invest in an anti-aging project, 'Altos Labs'. It is also among the news that a team of Nobel prize-winning scientists will work on the project, which has received more than 3 billion dollars in funding.
 Jeff Bezos’ Immortality Investments Increase
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Subjects such as immortality, stopping aging, prolonging human life have been researched by human beings for centuries; however, issues for which a definite conclusion has not yet been reached. The richest people in the world are also trying to invest in these issues and reveal ‘groundbreaking’ developments for humanity. Famous billionaire Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, is among these people.

Bezos had previously started investing in a company called ‘Altos Labs’, which seeks to find some form of immortality by aiming to reverse aging. Even SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was involved in the issue and mocked Bezos’s investments by using the phrases, “If it doesn’t work, he’ll sue to death.” Now, new news has started to come within the scope of this project and it has been announced that a team of the best scientists in the field has been established to stop aging.

Nobel laureate scientists recruited

According to the news, Bezos started to increase its investments in the initiative called Altos Labs. Hal Barron, the former chief scientific officer of the giant pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, was brought to this initiative, which will work on anti-aging projects. Barron stated that they will take important steps to reverse aging and that he is honored to be presented to lead this cause.

In addition to Barron, Bezos invested in this project, which will include Nobel Prize-winning scientists. Winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his stem cell studies, Dr. It was also among the statements that a research team was established for the initiative, including Shinya Yamanaka and Jennifer Doudna, who won the Nobel Prize for gene editing studies in 2020.

According to the statements, Jeff Bezos, along with this strong team, provided more than $3 billion in funding to the project. In addition to Bezos, it was stated that Russian billionaire Yuri Milner also supported this “eternal youth” project. Finally, it is stated that the aim of the initiative is to rejuvenate the cells after they mature. Even if this biological reprogramming is successful, it is estimated that diseases related to old age (such as dementia) can be prevented and technologies that can eliminate old age and remain young forever can be developed.

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