Google as recently embarked on a series of high profile hires for its new venture Calico, a company which wants to extend human life by up to 100 years.
Short for California Life Company, Calico is headed up by Art Levinson, the former CEO of biotech company Genentech and Apple board member, who this week announced the elite recruits on Google+.
Pharmaceutical guru Hal Barron will serve as President of research and development, while David Botsein, the former head of Princeton's Genome Unit will be chief scientific officer.
Genetics expert Cynthia Kenyon and oncology expert Robert Cohen will also join the company.
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Short for California Life Company, Calico is headed up by Art Levinson, the former CEO of biotech company Genentech and Apple board member, who this week announced the elite recruits on Google+.
Pharmaceutical guru Hal Barron will serve as President of research and development, while David Botsein, the former head of Princeton's Genome Unit will be chief scientific officer.
Genetics expert Cynthia Kenyon and oncology expert Robert Cohen will also join the company.
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