Sil­i­con Val­ley celebs chip in­to $250M round for age-fight­ing start­up Celu­lar­i­ty. Pla­cen­ta-based CAR-Ts on the hori­zon?

A star-stud­ded Cel­gene spin­out is step­ping out to­day with $250 mil­lion in fresh cash to de­vel­op its quick­ly ma­tur­ing stem cell plat­form to treat can­cer, au­toim­mune dis­or­ders, and ul­ti­mate­ly to de­lay the ag­ing process.

The com­pa­ny, called Celu­lar­i­ty, is a New Jer­sey-based start­up co-found­ed by X-Prize founder Pe­ter Dia­man­dis and ex-Cel­gene ex­ec­u­tive Bob Hariri. You might al­so know these guys as the co-founders of Hu­man Longevi­ty, an­oth­er age-fight­ing start­up that scored a sim­i­lar­ly huge round of start­up cash back in 2016.

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