The aging-related research has been going for quite some time, so it's not surprising it's starting to bear fruit, for now in the form of better understanding o

The aging-related research has been going for quite some time, so it's not surprising it's starting to bear fruit, for now in the form of better understanding of the underlying mechanisms. The consensus seems to be shifting from "wear-and-tear model" to a series pre-programmed epigenetic alterations, which, to me at least as a layman, feels more plausible. There's a good chance we'll see some anti-aging treatments released within our lifetimes. We might end up being the first generation to have reached the longevity escape velocity. The reason it's only starting to emerge now is as far as I understand that molecular biology is a relatively new field, and the related technologies simply didn't exist not so long ago.