C. elegans: A tiny worm that can help scientists understand how ageing works
Live Forever Club - 20-Nov-2023The research could lead to new ways to slow down ageing in humans
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Biotechnology company that combines experience in ageing research, the nematode C. elegans and automation
We are a specialist Contract Research Organisation (CRO) who help industry and academia progress their research projects via our team of expert scientists, C. elegans services and unique automated imaging technology. Our C. elegans studies are customised to answer your key research questions and generate high-quality, reproducible data to accelerate your research project to the next stage.
We were founded in 2018 by a team of the world’s leading C. elegans and automated imaging experts who shared the vision of bringing the benefits of this unique research approach to industry, helping to play our part in accelerating the development of new drug therapies and other research advances to improve human and environmental health. Although there are many C. elegans academic labs around the world, there are very few commercial labs that exist to apply the benefits of C. elegans research to the biotechnology and consumer goods industries.
• Fozia Saleem, CEO
• David Weinkove, CSO
• Chris Saunter, CTO
• Sally Waterman, Non-Executive Director & Chair of the Board
Visit website: https://magnitudebiosciences.com/
Details last updated 29-Jan-2022
The research could lead to new ways to slow down ageing in humans
Advances in AI is great, but this sort of automation is what will create the data it needs to find new longevity drugs
The company aims at treatments for a range of diseases associated with ageing and disabilities
Camera on each petri dish captures healthspan of many worms simultaneously