6/16/22: Issue #6

Issue #6

June 16, 2022

June 16, 2022 | Issue #6

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How Longevity Research is Being Disrupted by Crypto

Over the past few years, there’s been an increasingly significant overlap between two of the world’s most captivating industries, crypto and longevity.Each industry stands on the fringes of innovation in its respective field, gathering excitement from around the world while attracting billions of dollars of investor capital.The problem, however, is that seemingly no one understands why these two worlds are suddenly colliding.At first glance, one may think that crypto – and all the components of blockchain technology – is only being used in the world of finance.Similarly, one may think that longevity – and the burgeoning scientific breakthroughs related to human life extension – is just another biotech trend siloed away in the hands of Big Pharma.But each of these common assumptions couldn’t be further from the truth.Although perhaps seen as an ivory tower from each respective side, both industries complement each other quite well. For example, longevity research has given rise to yet another use case for crypto and blockchain technology beyond banking and finance. The open-source and decentralized world of crypto, on the other hand, has bridged an important gap that longevity and aging researchers have been unable to before.In our latest post, we discuss how recent crypto initiatives are changing longevity research and funding as we know it. We’ll also break down each of the leading projects involved and how investors and researchers can take advantage of these opportunities today.As you’ll soon discover, the new marriage between crypto and the scientific community – commonly known as the Decentralized Science (or, DeSci) movement – isn’t just disrupting the field of longevity. Instead, it stands a chance to drastically alter every scientific field of research.Read More...

  • LatchBio raises $28 million in Series A financing round with intentions of building the AWS x Github for biocomputing

  • Upstream Bio raises $200 million in Series A financing

  • Ultima Genomics claims the $100 genome and raises $600 million to go even lower

  • Juvenescence joins Banco Português de Fomento and 200M Fund in co-investment in Chrysea Laboratories

  • SENISCA raises £2 million in seed funding round

  • Molecule, the decentralized science platform, raises $13 million in seed funding

  • Report: Longevity and the New Journey of Retirement (Edward Jones)

  • Real Age Versus Biological Age: The Startups Revealing How Old We Really Are (The Guardian)

  • Can Viagra Extend Your Life? (Forbes)

  • Inexpensive Single-Cancer Screening Could Transform Cancer Care Diagnostics (ARK Invest)

  • Students imagine better products, services, and infrastructure for an aging society (MIT News)

  • The Impact of Funding on Longevity Research (Technology Networks)