When we think about the future and the technological advances that this can bring, the name of one of the most important global companies of our time comes to mind: Google. From the browser more used, through smart cell phones, to countless applications and websites, the technology company has been characterized as a pioneer in innovation.
One of the fields in which it has also entered is that of the health and within this, he has embarked on an intriguing research on human aging , but the circumstances of these studies are far from the transparency with which Google is known.Discover all about the secrecy that surrounds the new venture of the company.
A Google company investigates human aging, almost in absolute secrecy
This is Calico, a health company founded in 2013 and that belongs to Google , focused on e Ntend aging and how to beat it.
But how would Calico help humans live longer and healthier lives? How would you invest your huge fund of 1.5 billion dollars? Far from sharing the company's ambitious mission-to better understand the biology of aging and treat aging as a disease- Google's company page is vague.
The journalist Julia Belluz inquired deeply into Silicon Valley, California, the mecca of technology companies, but all she got about Calico was r evasive responses or looks of confusion.
She described the company as a « impenetrable fortress» that stands out for the secrecy and suspicion with which they keep all information about their work.
Among the little more than a dozen press releases Calico published There were only broad descriptions of collaborations with laboratories and pharmaceutical companies, most of them focused on that overwhelming mission.It is quite vague to investigate aging and the diseases associated with it.
This is extremely strange in the scientific community, especially for a company that prides itself on its transparency and values of freedom of information like Google.
Also, in the middle of a time when science standards, particularly biomedical science, focus on the opening and sharing of data , this hermetic practice is really strange.
Eric Topol, a cardiologist who studies aging and is the director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute, commented that he has known some of Calico's scientists since before they worked there and added that since they moved to Google, it is impossible to reach them.
«They are very discreet.I have invited you to speak in the program we have about genomic medicine.They say 'no, they cannot talk about what they are doing ', I am not sure why that is the case, "he said.
There were no clinical trials or patents filed publicly under the Calico brand that could be found, and of the 22 articles published by the company and its affiliates, only about half are related to aging and many were articles Review (not original research).
For now, it might be safe to say that Google has not solved the mystery of aging. Although...if they did, they haven't told you to anyone.
What do you think of this mysterious company? Any theory about it? We are unaware of its existence and it has fascinated us.
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