The Longevity Buffet — Issue 03
Vitamin D, Vibe Bioengineering and more!
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Jumping in to Issue 03!
RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT 🧬
Intermittent Supplementation With Fisetin Improves Physical Function and Decreases Cellular Senescence in Skeletal Muscle With Aging - Read Here
A transcriptome-based human universal senescence index (hUSI) robustly predicts cellular senescence under various conditions
Vitamin D may help preserve telomere length and hence linked to slowing cellular aging in older adults in new VITAL sub-study
FDA Clears First Blood Test Used in Diagnosing Alzheimer’s Disease
MARKET MOMENTUM 💸
Latest report shows funding for longevity startups went upto $8.5b in 2024, with most investment flowing to platform technologies and later-stage clinical development - Full Report
China has spent about two decades building it’s biotech sector, and is now closing the gap rapidly on the US biotech ecosystem — Read More + More
One of the largest longevity biotech companies out there, Altos Labs, recently acquired the senotherapeutics startup Dorian Therapeutics
COOL NEW TOOL 🔨
A promising new treatment for a major cause of blindness, discovered by an AI Scientist
ALPHA (the edge of having unique insights *earlier* than others/the market to drive asymmetric returns) 👀
A few ignored and under-funded areas in biotech that have the potential to be major in a few years
Additional Alpha - Enabling Vibe Bioengineering
LONDON ECOSYSTEM HIGHLIGHTS 🌃
Nucleate UK’s PlantHack, on 28 - 29 June, is a 2 day hackathon to design solutions than can advance the future of agriculture in the UK
Imperial Neurotech Society 2025 Conference coming up on 7 June
Founders Longevity Forum is back in London on 10 June, packed with exciting things, including a Bryan Johnson drop-by
That's a wrap for Issue 03!
See you again in a couple weeks,
Prasasya from London Longevity
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