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RewindAgain ( RewindAgain@futurology.today )  to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 2 days ago

For the first time, a "cellular reprogramming" therapy designed to reverse aging has shown early signs of working in humans.

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For the first time, a "cellular reprogramming" therapy designed to reverse aging has shown early signs of working in humans.

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RewindAgain ( RewindAgain@futurology.today )  to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 2 days ago
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Silicon Valley billionaires are obsessed with 'reprogramming' their bodies for longevity. The first human trial suggests they may be onto something.
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The first humans are trying out cellular reprogramming for longevity. It looks like it might be working.
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  • blackberry28 ( blackberry28@sh.itjust.works ) 
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    So we all can slave away for billionaires even longer? Fck off.

  • Fallibilist ( Fallibilist@feddit.uk ) 
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    Who would’ve thought that the notion of extending human lifespan would receive this level of cynicism and opposition.

    • edible_funk ( edible_funk@sh.itjust.works ) 
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      Excuse me, but have you seen all the end-stage capitalism out there? Let’s be realistic now.

    • boonhet ( boonhet@lemmy.zip ) 
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      Old people already own everything (rich old people in particular, but even the median old person has much more in assets than the median young person). If they live longer, they stay retired longer and therefore need more people slaving away to keep their assets growing in their retirement.

      According to statistics from the US, people over 55 own 73.7% of all assets. Imagine all those people get 10 or 15 extra years to accumulate assets. Of course if this therapy is expensive then it’s just the rich ones so all of the drawbacks of people living longer with none of the advantages for everyone else.

      • Fallibilist ( Fallibilist@feddit.uk ) 
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        Ofcourse they own more when they’ve had more time to accumulate wealth.

        I still want to live longer and I find it quite insane to oppose technology that could achieve this.

  • Montagge ( Montagge@lemmy.zip ) 
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    Oh boy! I can’t wait for rich assholes that make the world worse for everyone to live even longer!

    • k0e3 ( k0e3@lemmy.ca ) 
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      I mean it won’t make them guillotine proof.

      • Montagge ( Montagge@lemmy.zip ) 
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        I no longer have any faith the working class will do anything but eat itself. In the US at least.

    • driving_crooner ( driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br ) 
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      At least they’re going to have a minimum incentive to worry about climate change

    • Cellery ( Cellery@quokk.au ) 
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      Forever. And so obviously presidential terms should be extended.

  • aphonefriend ( aphonefriend@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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    Did no one watch altered carbon? This doesn’t end well.

  • HubertManne ( HubertManne@piefed.social ) 
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    ugh. cellular reprogramming sounds a lot like gene therapy. its actually why I studies microbiology as I was facinated by the whirling blender experiment.

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    non-paywall mirror: https://web.archive.org/web/20261008200818/https://www.businessinsider.com/billionaires-cellular-reprogramming-longevity-it-may-work-2026-10

  • Amuro_eat ( Amuro_eat@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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    Hey it’s like Silo/Wool

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