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Rachelle Abbott

Tech & Science Daily: Jeff Bezos’ quest for ‘eternal youth’

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos speaking at the Leaders’ Action on Forests and Land-use event during the Cop26 summit (Paul Ellis/PA)

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Billionaire Jeff Bezos has been making moves to try and make ‘eternal youth’ possible.

‘Altos labs’, a new Bezos-backed company, says it is going to use cellular technology to “rejuvenate” human life.

The company, based in San Francisco and Cambridge, says it’s looking at ways to “safely reprogram cells and tissues via rejuvenation pathways” that will eventually extend lifespan.

New research indicates antimicrobial resistance is now a leading cause of death worldwide.

Tech & Science Daily spoke to co-author of the study, Dr Catrin Moore, Associate Professor, at the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health.

Sony has responded to Microsoft’s proposal to buy Activision Blizzard.

The Japanese tech firm says it expects Microsoft to ‘continue to ensure’ Activision games stay multiplatform.

An artificial pancreas which is changing the lives of children with Type 1 diabetes and a giant pristine coral reef has been discovered off the coast of Tahiti. Plus, Amazon’s plans to open a fashion store where algorithms will suggest what to try on, the secrets revealed of some ancient Japanese tombs and how classifying snowflakes could help forecast the weather.

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