In a pioneering study, researchers from Harvard Medical School, University of Maine, and MIT have introduced a chemical method for reversing cellular aging. This revolutionary approach offers a potential alternative to gene therapy for age reversal. The findings could transform treatments for age-re

Age Reversal Breakthrough: Harvard/MIT Discovery Could Enable Whole-Body Rejuvenation::In a pioneering study, researchers from Harvard Medical School, University of Maine, and MIT have introduced a chemical method for reversing cellular aging. This revolutionary approach offers a potential alternative to gene therapy for age reversal. The findings could transform treatments for age-re

  • belshamharoth@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Why a cure for ageing would benefit everyone and not solely the ultra wealthy

    If you put aside ethical and humanitarian reasons for making a cure for ageing widely available, there is still economic considerations, i.e. if you are a government you will be presented with a choice between:

    Do I pay to treat people for ageing, even though the treatment might initially be expensive, or do I let them age without intervention?

    The former option might actually be significantly cheaper because people in an advanced state of ageing cost more money. They have more diseases, since many diseases are age related such as dementia, cancer and cardiac disease, and need more healthcare and also can’t work anymore.

    If instead, the government pays for rejuvenation treatment they save on all the other healthcare costs and their people don’t have to stop being productive.

    So perhaps in the future when a cure for ageing is actually developed it will be made available for everyone rich and poor alike