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October 10, 2022

Meet the company builders that think they can reverse ageing

Reprogramming of the cells, longevity clinics and poking the billionaires


Mimi Billing

5 min read

Alexandra Bause is the cofounder of the longevity company builder Apollo Health

The science of delaying or even reversing ageing has been more or less limited to Silicon Valley so far. Google parent Alphabet has a longevity company, and Jeff Bezos is investing heavily in longevity startups.

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Marc P. Bernegger, cofounder of longevity company builder Maximon
Marc P. Bernegger, cofounder of longevity company builder Maximon
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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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