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“ function that dramatically improves lots of people's quality of life. Examples would include eyesight and hearing. For example, many people start to get blurr
by melling 7y ago
“ function that dramatically improves lots of people's quality of life. Examples would include eyesight and hearing. For example, many people start to get blurry vision in their 40s, due to a variety of factors including the mix of proteins in the lens of the eye causing hardening and potentially the muscle holding the lens aging. Could a simple approach like rapamycin droplets in the eye reverse aspects of aging and therefore eyesight? ”
Yeah, I’ve heard about the protein buildup problem for twenty years now. Hopefully, someday...
Here’s an August 2000 article from the NYT that discusses the problem:
https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/08/health/reading-glasses-as-inevitable-as-death-and-taxes-or-are-they.html https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/08/health/reading-glasses-as...
Well into the 21st Century, and I must say I’m a little disappointed. After that second DARPA Grand Challenge, I’d have said “no way we don’t have self-driving cars by 2020”
- eladgil 7y agoIt is surprising how little has been done here. A failure of the pharma/academic model perhaps. I am going to write more on why biotech does not innovate as much as it could, in another post.