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In an extensive article, the channel of science and technology news Néxt/VózPopuli relates how tycoons in Silicon valley are attempting to buy eternal youth.
Manuel Serrano, researcher at IRB Barcelona, and other experts on ageing consulted, consider that there is an investment “bubble” in the anti-aging research field. “It’s great that wealthy people believe that ageing is a condition that can be treated,” he says. “We are starting to get spectacular results in mice and I think there is a sufficient scientific basis for optimism. If I were rich I would also be investing in this,” he concludes.
Read the article here: Los "vampiros" de Silicon Valley
About IRB Barcelona
The Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) pursues a society free of disease. To this end, it conducts multidisciplinary research of excellence to cure cancer and other diseases linked to ageing. It establishes technology transfer agreements with the pharmaceutical industry and major hospitals to bring research results closer to society, and organises a range of science outreach activities to engage the public in an open dialogue. IRB Barcelona is an international centre that hosts 400 researchers and more than 30 nationalities. Recognised as a Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence since 2011, IRB Barcelona is a CERCA centre and member of the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST).
