Longevity research companies are working to promote healthy aging and extend life expectancy.
A long, healthy life is something everyone has a vested interest in, but that doesn’t mean it’s always easy to get into longevity investing. Many longevity research companies remain private, meaning it’s difficult for the average person to secure a stake.
However, investors shouldn’t ignore private companies in the longevity sector, as they represent a potential opportunity to gain exposure to rapid growth in a sector that touches diverse life science markets. These private longevity research companies are working on innovative studies and employing technologies such as AI to target diseases associated with aging, including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and various cancers. If they do go public one day, investors who have them on their radar already will be ahead of the game.
Here’s a short list of some of the top private longevity research companies making headlines today.
Based in Los Altos, California, Altos Labs is a biotechnology company that is developing cellular rejuvenation programming to promote healthy cells in the human body and revive cells damaged by environmental stresses. The company is also establishing operations in San Diego and the UK, and is working on collaborations in Japan.
The company has stacked its team with some of the world’s leading scientists, including: Jennifer Doudna, the co-winner of the 2020 Nobel prize in chemistry for the development of the gene-editing tool CRISPR; and Shinya Yamanaka, the winner of the 2012 Nobel prize in medicine for stem cell research.
Biomedical research institute Arena BioWorks is one of the newest longevity-focused private firms on this list. Located in the Kendall Square biotech hub in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Arena BioWorks aims “to uncover mechanisms of disease by engaging in basic biological research that will be translated into lifesaving biotech therapeutics” across a broad range of indications including brain health, oncology, immunology and aging.
The company’s business model revolves around both collaborative drug discovery and the creation of for-profit biotech firms.
Of its three main areas of focus, Retro’s cellular reprogramming work is the most advanced, and the company plans to work towards a clinical proof-of-concept over the next four years.
This is an updated version of an article first published by the Investing News Network in 2016.
Securities Disclosure: I, Melissa Pistilli, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article.
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