<aside> 💡 For the 2021 TKS Focus Hackathon, Klara Zietlow, Saras Agrawal, and Srimayi Vinod developed the idea of editing the sea urchin gene TERT, which essentially allows them to live forever, and using gene therapy to place it into humans, extending the time in which they're able to live healthily.

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Using Sea Urchins to Increase Telomere Length

Focus Hackathon One-Pager.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRx1swGepfc&t=25s

Revised SEANESCENCE Focus Hackathon Pitch.pdf