Anti-aging drug let's you live 120 years, $0.10 a pill
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The world's first anti-ageing drug will be tested on humans next year in trials which could result in people being able to live healthily well into their 120s.
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the diabetes drug metformin extends the life of animals, and the Food and Drug Administration in the US has now given the go-ahead for a trial to see if the same effects can be replicated in humans.
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If successful it will mean that a person in their 70s would be as biologically healthy as a 50-year-old.
Whilst this is exciting and great I can't ever see it going very far.
Say this was proved to be absolutely fool-proof and legit - do we really think the government would or even could allow it to be distributed just widely to the entire population?
As sad as it is - our planet is vastly overpopulated as it is, so suddenly everyone living another 30-40 years would kinda be awful for us a society and the planet.