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The Business of Promoting Longevity and Healthspan

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Over the past couple of years we’re seeing several new companies in the business to consumer space for promoting lifespan, healthspan, and generally the use of extensive testing to achieve early detection or prevent diseases. Here’s a group of 12 that I’ve zoomed in on, will take you through, and contextualize in this edition of Ground Truths. Below is a Table I’ve made summarizing these companies, the tests they conduct, costs, and current membership data when available. If you’re interested in any of them, I’ve provided their websites in the discussion below. Back in 2015, Human Longevity Inc, a company founded 2 years earlier by J. Craig Venter, launched Health Nucleus which provided a comprehensive assessment that included total body MRI, whole genome sequencing, CT heart calcium score, echocardiogram, 2-week heart rhythm recording, metabolic profiling (Metabolon), gut microbiome testing, a DEXA scan, cognitive testing, and extensive bloodwork with 120 assays. The cost initially wa

News and Analyses The Business of Promoting Longevity and Healthspan A crop of new consumer-facing companies with unconventional data collection Eric Topol Mar 22, 2025 203 6 31 Share Over the past couple of years we’re seeing several new companies in the business to consumer space for promoting lifespan, healthspan, and generally the use of extensive testing to achieve early detection or prevent diseases. Here’s a group of 12 that I’ve zoomed in on, will take you through, and contextualize in this edition of Ground Truths. Below is a Table I’ve made summarizing these companies, the tests they

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