More Popular Science Commentary on the Longevity Industry

Source https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2023/01/more-popular-science-commentary-on-the-longevity-industry/

It is interesting to see the present state of popular science commentary on efforts to treat aging as a medical condition, given the recollection of widespread skepticism and mockery even as recently as a decade ago. The large-scale funding, many serious research programs, and dozens of new biotech companies are ensuring that the popular science press at least does its homework on the science underlying the prospects for human rejuvenation before committing an opinion to paper. Today’s bootstrapping era of progress is very different from the turn of the century, a great deal more is being accomplished, but these are still only the first steps on a longer road, populated by many more travelers than presently the case.

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