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CAlifornia
LIfe
COmpany) An Alphabet company founded in 2013 by Google and Arthur D. Levinson, former chairman of Genentech. Researching ways to combat age-related diseases, including neurodegeneration (loss of neurons in the brain) and cancer, Calico is involved in bringing the experimental P7C3 drug compounds into therapeutic use. A long-term goal of Calico LLC is to prolong the lifespan of ordinary humans. See
Alphabet.