"Cure" isn't the right word, because aging is the accumulation of molecular and cellular side-effects of the body-s normal operation; as such, there can never be a one-off treatment like a vaccine that makes us non-aging. read more
All this means just one thing: we will likely never find a"cure" for aging. If we do, it will be many, many generations after you and I are dead. Accept that, and live your life to the fullest. read more
The particular therapies that we are working on will only deliver long life as a side effect of delivering better health.” De Grey divides the damage caused by aging into seven main categories for which repair techniques need to be developed if his prediction for continual maintenance is to come true. read more
Awed though we may be by the skills of the experimenters, we naturally question whether this is a good idea. That’s the whole point of the gene-editing summit: To find a path forward that fosters innovation but avoids crossing into ethically dubious territory. read more