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“We don’t expect people to be living to 150 years, even in the wildest version of success,” he said. “But we do expect people to live free of a variety of chron
by melling 10y ago
“We don’t expect people to be living to 150 years, even in the wildest version of success,” he said. “But we do expect people to live free of a variety of chronic diseases.”"
You didn't read the article, just posting the typical "anti-aging" comment, right?
The idea is to be relatively healthy in your old age, not necessarily extend your life by much beyond what the human body can currently live, if it remains free of disease.
In many cases, we spend a fortune in health care costs in the last few years of people's lives. If we can keep more people relatively healthy until they go in their sleep, for example, we'll all be happier and insurance costs should fall.
- Animats 10y agoThe idea is to be relatively healthy in your old age, not necessarily extend your life by much beyond what the human body can currently live, if it remains free of disease. That's a futile approach. What's needed is to suppress the biological changes that come with aging. Aging is a timeout, not a wearout. This is clear because there are diseases which accelerate aging, and the same steps happen, but faster.[1] [1] http://www.sciencealert.com/biologists-discover-key-mechanism-triggering-human-ageing http://www.sciencealert.com/biologists-discover-key-mechanis...
- kiba 10y agoIf you are healthy in old age, you're going to live longer until you die of something else(hopefully not painful).