The Emerging Science of Aging
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
New understanding of genetics and molecular medicine are behind companies targeting diseases of saging (the age when senescene begins)--some caused by geronto-genes.
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MRx Biosciences, Inc.
Drug Discovery Tools; Genomics. MRx Biosciences is applying functional genomics to aging. It has licensed a line of fruit flies which have been selectively bred to live longer to use as models for understanding the cellular mechanisms and biochemical pathwaysinvolved in the aging process.
Aeiveos Sciences Group LLC
Drug Discovery Tools; Genomics. Aeiveos is combining genomics and bioinformatics to get a grasp on the science of aging.
LifeSpan BioSciences Inc.
Drug Discovery Tools; Genomics. LifeSpan has a high throughput analysis method by which it hopes to identify numerous genes related to diseases common to aging. Initially, the company is researching genes implicated in diseases that cause premature aging; Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome and Werner's syndrome.