Buck Institute in Novato partners with Google entity to search for biotech fountain of youth
By Richard Halstead
The Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Novato announced Tuesday that it has entered into a partnership agreement with Calico Life Sciences, a Google-backed life extension company based in South San Francisco.
“It’s a great partnership between two organizations aimed at helping people live longer healthier lives, and we look forward to collaborating with their team,” said Buck Institute CEO Brian Kennedy, in a prepared statement.
Chris Stewart, chairman and CEO of the North Bay Life Science Alliance, an effort to develop the North Bay into an economic hub for life-science companies, said, “We’re very excited. You’re seeing for the first time a significant amount of private sector money going into research on aging. I think it is a good marriage between the two organizations.”
Robert Eyler, head of the Marin Economic Forum, said, “Chris and I are seeing this as a major marketing coup for the region. It really shows there is money out there that wants to make an investment in Marin County’s intellectual capital around life sciences.”
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