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Ideas for Remedies
Submit and vote on ideas for remedies to some of the biggest obstacles to a long life.
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How society views age and attitudes toward "treating" aging could be major obstacles to giving people a longer and healthy life. (Click on one of the links to read the full discussion.)
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Epigenetic alterations in gene expressions are caused by modification of proteins and changes in the structure of DNA and RNA in a cell. Some of these epigenetic changes are associated with aging, and researchers have extended the lifespan of flies and nematodes by preventing them. (Click here for a full description.)
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People may resist longevity treatments, for themselves and/or for society, due to objections grounded in ideology and misinformed beliefs. (Click here for a full description.)
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Novel and innovative therapeutics and treatments will need to be developed and approved in order to slow down the aging process. Such therapies, however, tend to take an extremely long time to be discovered, developed and approved, and many will fail at some point in that process. (Click here for a full description.)1 discussion 4 comments Most recent: Artificial Intelligence for Drug Development by NickOttens March 2019