Issue #45

Issue #45

April 6, 2023 | Issue #45

Good evening. Welcome back to another issue of Spannr.In this week's newsletter:👵 The luxury brand shaking up the longevity industry ðŸ’¸ Tally Health nabs $10 million📚 Weeking reading material

Dior: A New & Legitimate Force in Longevity

Dior, the world-renowned luxury fashion house brand, has announced an initiative to delve into the science of aging, with a focus on developing innovative skincare products.And this is no ordinary beauty brand's anti-aging hype...Dior is taking a serious, geroscience-focused approach that is worth paying attention to.In our latest post, we explore Dior's new mission, its groundbreaking collaboration, and the profound implications for the future of longevity research.

  • Tally Health, which launched in late February and was co-founded by Dr. David Sinclair, announced a $10 million seed round led by Forerunner Ventures, with additional participation by L Catterton, which incubated and initially backed the company, plus G9 Ventures and Second Sight Ventures.

    • In addition, celebrities including John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, Pedro Pascal, Shonda Rhimes, Kevin Hart, Rich Roll, Whitney Cummings, and Zac Efron have individually invested in the company.

  • A mental model for aging therapeutics market readiness (Stanete)

  • Immortalism: The New Religion for Those Who Want to Escape Death (Countere)

  • New form of omega-3 could prevent visual decline with Alzheimer’s disease (ASBMB)

  • New nanoparticles deliver gene-editing tech directly into the lungs (New Atlas)

  • Boosting the body’s anti-viral immune response may eliminate aging cells (EurekAlert)

  • We’re inhaling, eating, and drinking toxic chemicals. Now we need to figure out how they’re affecting us (MIT Technology Review)

  • Putting out the fire on the gas stove debate (Peter Attia)

  • The Maximum Human Lifespan Will Rise Dramatically This Century, Researchers Say (Singularity Hub)

  • US health officials aim to ‘transform’ Alzheimer’s disease research with $300 million data platform (CNN Health)

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