Rejuvenation is no longer just for the human face, it’s probably for humanity, according to a small biotech company that claims to have developed technology that extends the lifespan of mice by 7%.
This breakthrough isn’t peer-reviewed, but it’s based in San Diego rejuvenation bio The MIT Technology Review claims they’ve successfully reprogrammed genes in small rodents, and that post-treatment mice lived an average of 18 weeks longer than controls.
What it means for humans: Vittorio Sebastiano,Professor Stanford University, advised against testing technology on humans.But Rejuvenate Bio’s Chief Scientific Officer Noah Davidson I can see the potential for applications for the elderly.
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“This is a powerful technology, this is a proof of concept,” Davidsohn said in the report, adding, “We wanted to show that this can actually be done for older people.”
Rejuvenate Bio isn’t the only biotech company trying to find a cure for death. Amazon.com AMZN Founder Jeff Bezos Invested $3 billion in biotech startups Altos Lab A year ago, according to Popular Mechanics. Similar to Rejuvenate Bio, Altos is committed to harnessing cellular rejuvenation to reverse disease and ultimately aging.
concern: Beyond the physical concerns of testing this technology in humans, which has been shown to cause cancer in mice, the cost of making FDA-approved cell rejuvenation accessible to humans is high.
This could mean that only the richest people in the world can afford to extend their lifespans, thereby allowing the rich to get richer by compounding their wealth during their borrowed time. Although there is already a long-term gender gap among wealthy bioethicists, Utrecht University, Christopher Warehamworries that the gap between the rich and the poor could widen if science confirms ways that human lifespans can be extended.
“Let’s say we had a kind of vaccine against the age pandemic,” he said, according to the Financial Times. “This can exacerbate all kinds of existing inequalities that we have… the longer we stay in office, the more wealth we accumulate, the more wealthy we become, the more political influence we have.” will rise.”
Alphabet Inc. goog Google co-founder Larry Page When Sergey Brinentrepreneurs as well as Yuri Milner People from Israel are among the other millionaires who believe in science, who are funding research into human longevity.
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