The article's core point is a misunderstanding of the science and essentially disproved by the fact that you can use epigenetic decorations to fairly accurately

The article's core point is a misunderstanding of the science and essentially disproved by the fact that you can use epigenetic decorations to fairly accurately measure age [1]. A lot of epigenetics is common reactions to common circumstances, to the point at which the patterns are very similar between people. Sure everyone's a special snowflake, just like every lawnmower rusts in a different way, but we also all age due to exactly the same underlying mechanisms, our metabolisms all operate on the same set of mechanisms, and so forth. Personalized medicine via epigenetics is the sort of thing you focus on when you can't outright cure a medical condition by completely repairing the damage that causes it. It is a consequence of inability to intervene comprehensively, to the point at which the research community scrabbles for any handhold that says something about the condition's progression, looking for comparison points that are mostly similar but just a little different to try to learn what is really going on. But it isn't the path to the next generation of medicine, for all that it is the path to getting your grant funded today. [1]: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-scientist-uncovers-biological-248950 http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-scientist-uncovers-bi...