Google teams up with Apple chairman to try to extend life - Telegraph.co.uk

Despite saying the venture is in its "early days", Mr Page hinted that one of the illnesses Calico's small team, based near Google's headquarters in San Francisco, will look at is cancer. According to Macmillan Cancer Support, more than a third of Brits will develop cancer at some point in their lives. "We think of solving cancer as this huge thing that'll totally change the world," Mr Page told TIME magazine. "But when you really take a step back and look at it, yeah, there are many, many tragic cases of cancer, and it's very, very sad, but in the aggregate, it's not as big an advance as you might think." Calico is the latest example of Google moving away from its traditional internet business. It has branched out into mobile phones and hi-tech glasses and is also developing a self-driving car. Mr Levinson said: "I've devoted much of my life to science and technology, with the goal of improving human health. Larry's focus on outsized improvements has inspired me, and I'm tremendously excited about what's next." Tim Cook, chief executive of Apple, added: "For too many of our friends and family, life has been cut short or the quality of their life is too often lacking. Art is one of the crazy ones who thinks it doesn't have to be this way. There is no one better suited to lead this mission and I am excited to see the results." via Technology - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNErZQqpAwYx1ucaM8n1XUFAM9MJRg&url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/pharmaceuticalsandchemicals/10319038/Google-teams-up-with-Apple-chairman-to-try-to-extend-life.html

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