NEAR-ETERNAL HEALTH: Google is spending hundreds of millions for us to be forever young
ZURICH: Google's ambition to defy the limits of ageing has fired up interest in the field, drawing in drug companies who are already quietly pioneering research, despite the regulatory and clinical hurdles that remain.
In September life-science company Calico, which was set up by Google last year to investigate the ageing process, joined with US drugmaker AbbVie in committing an initial US$250mil (RM835mil) apiece to developing cures for age-related diseases.
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