The London Longevity Newsletter — Issue 05
Skin Health and AI in Biology updates, Smell, and more!
Welcome to Issue 05 of the London Longevity Newsletter 🗞️ Today we’re spotlighting some exciting new skin research, lots of AI in Biology updates, new deals signed, and of course, what’s on in the London ecosystem right now ⚡️
RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT / LONG READ 🧬🐀💄
What if beauty and skin health were measurable biomarkers of systemic health and longevity? This article makes the case that the skin isn't just a passive barrier, but a sensor, a communicator, and possibly a driver of biological aging
The first genome assembly of a male naked mole rat - Read Here
ICYMI, Microsoft claims they’ve built a tool that can diagnose 4x better than a group of experienced physicians
The OpenAI-backed biotech startup Chai Discovery recently announced a new suite of AI models called Chai-2. In their own words, Chai-2 enables “zero-shot antibody discovery in a 24-well plate”, exceeding previous SOTA by more than a 100x. Hear more about it from the Co-Founder here
Coding for life? On the biology of Large Language Models, by Anthropic
The latest on (the misalignment of) age clocks
MARKET MOMENTUM 💸
Alphabet's Calico Life Sciences strikes a $596M deal for Mabwell's anti-aging asset. Calico has been quietly making some moves lately
Minovia Therapeutics, a start-up focusing on mitochondrial augmentation, announces its plans to go public using a SPAC
ALPHA (the edge of having unique insights *earlier* than others/the market to drive asymmetric returns) 👀
For decades, we’ve digitised sight and sound, but not smell. That’s now changing. A sense of smell, but for machines. Think storing and sharing scents, olfactory diagnostics, etc
LONDON ECOSYSTEM HIGHLIGHTS 🌃
NXGN x WilbeLAB hangout on 10th July 👥👥
AI in Biotech event hosted by ARIA and Next Sequence on 17th July 🤖🧬
Thrive Longevity Festival in London, happening 20th July 🧫🧪
(Not exactly London, but) Check out the Arc Institute’s Virtual Cell Challenge 🤖🧬
COMMUNITY HIGHLIGHT 👥
A member of our community recently published an article on ovarian health and its importance in women’s health and longevity in USA Today
That's a wrap for Issue 05!
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