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It is not just money, but liberation of creative people from the bureaucracy and limitations that come with the public grant system.

AFAIK the professors in Altos Labs get a million dollars yearly salary and they are free to dig into whatever matter they find interesting, as long as it is somehow related to biology of aging, rejuvenation, regeneration etc. No need to stay within relatively narrow limits of an approved research topic and produce X papers in a year.

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xiphias24y ago· 1 in thread

I didn't think about that part being a slowdown. The only interview I was able to find is that they are building a completely new lab in UK this year (one of the multiple locations), so it takes time to ramp up experiments.

I'd love them to be more public about their plans. mRNA / viral delivery needs to be optimized of course, but there are lots of other parallel experiments they can start, and we probably have to wait for the publications.

inglor_czOP4y ago

The latest news is a few days old and concerns their cooperation plans with the Kyoto University:

https://www.biospace.com/article/releases/altos-labs-announc...

There are four concrete topics mentioned.

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