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Fortune
Beth Greenfield

Sam Altman–backed AI biotech announces $1 billion to extend human life span

Sam Altman in suit and tie (Credit: AAI Drago-Pool/Getty Images)

The race to increase human life span through biotech just got tighter.

Retro Biosciences, the AI-powered company whose mission is to develop therapies that reverse age-related disease, has just announced it's in the process of a $1 billion round of funding toward that goal. It will back clinical trials for three drugs—including a potential Alzheimer’s disease treatment that’s set to enter an early-stage trial in Australia this year. 

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