BioAge

0 statements across 0 episodes · 5 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 11, 2018 by Vijay Pande · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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Jan 11, 2018 bullish
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Pande: BioAge uses machine learning on young blood to develop anti-aging therapeutics
“And so if you think about the game plan that Freenome runs for taking blood and understanding where there's cancer and what's the cancerous agents in there, what BioAge is doing is doing essentially the same thing, looking at the blood of young, using machine …”
Vijay Pande Jan 11, 2018 ▶ 22:50 When Biology Moves to Engineering
Dec 23, 2018 positive
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Kristen Fortney argues there is no hard biological limit on lifespan
“Going forward in the future, I think it's a really important point to mention that there is no hard biological limit on how long we can live, and these are a couple really fascinating examples. Bowhead whales, their average lifespan is over 200 years, so they'…”
Kristen Fortney Dec 23, 2018 ▶ 10:44 Extending Human Lifespan
Dec 23, 2018 positive
Assertion Supported
BioAge identified a blood protein linked to longer human lifespan
“One of the targets we're working on now is a protein that circulates in your blood, and we discovered that humans who have higher levels of this protein live longer, are less frail, and are protected from disease.”
Kristen Fortney Dec 23, 2018 ▶ 8:06 Extending Human Lifespan
Dec 23, 2018 bullish
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Current longevity clinical trials could add 10 to 20 healthy years
“Three different therapies are already in the clinic today. So as I mentioned, there are drugs targeting senescence, metformin, and there are drugs targeting rapamycin being tested in clinical trials now. And I think that could already add 10 to 20 years of hea…”
Kristen Fortney Dec 23, 2018 ▶ 10:28 Extending Human Lifespan
Jan 2, 2019 bullish
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Fortney: Near-term therapies will add 10 to 20 years to human life
“I think the near-term therapies are going to add, say, 10 to 20 years.”
Kristen Fortney Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 28:05 a16z Podcast | The Science Of Extending Life
Jan 2, 2019
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Fortney: All BioAge discoveries stem from decades-old biobank samples
“So we can take these samples that are 20 years old, and we can query them with all the modern technologies that measure hundreds of thousands of variables, and then integrate that with our electronic health records to try to predict their future health course,…”
Kristen Fortney Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 3:28 a16z Podcast | How to Live Longer and Better
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