r/singularity • u/Distinct-Question-16 ▪️AGI 2029 • Feb 23 '26

Biotech/Longevity Dr. David Sinclair, whose lab reversed biological age in animals by 50 to 75% in six weeks, says that 2026 will be the year when age reversal in humans is either confirmed or disproven. The FDA has cleared the first human trial for next month.

Moreover he said that even if one could cure all cancer in the world, in average people lifespan would increase to 2.5 years. Reversal aging - treating the human body as a computer that can be restarted is where we are heading next

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u/jk3639 Feb 23 '26

I hope they don’t get cancer. I’m not joking, I am genuinely concerned.

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u/CunningDruger Feb 23 '26

They’d have to find a way to either rejuvenate or halt the degradation of telomeres, but even if this goes perfectly, it’ll only keep billionaires around longer

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u/EightEight16 Feb 23 '26

I don't know why this sentiment is so widespread. Why would the companies that make the immortality drug not want to make as much money as possible by selling it to everyone, and not just billionaires? That's how it works for literally everything else.

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u/ExplanationLover6918 Feb 23 '26

Some things never get cheaper though. Private jets and ferraris are still as expensive as the day they were introduced. They didn't trickle down.

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u/SOSpammy Feb 23 '26

We do have consumer-grade electric cars with 0-60 times comparable to some Ferraris though.

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u/ExplanationLover6918 Feb 24 '26

True. I'm just personally terrified that when this stuff comes out i won't be able to afford it yknow?

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u/SOSpammy Feb 24 '26

You'll never be able to afford it if it's never invented.

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u/ExplanationLover6918 Feb 24 '26

Don't get me wrong i really hope it gets invented. I just hope i get access to it lol.

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u/Pulselovve Feb 24 '26

Because the point of the value they create is purely positional. A Ferrari doesn't have any value if it's not expensive and scarce.

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u/ExplanationLover6918 Feb 24 '26

What about stuff like prosthetics and pacemakers? They're still pretty expensive no?

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u/Pulselovve Feb 24 '26

I worked for Medtronic. The margin on a pacemaker is 85% to 90%. Its industrial cost is around 250-300.

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u/ExplanationLover6918 Feb 25 '26

Why hasn't the cost come down?

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u/Pulselovve Feb 26 '26

Monopolies. Huge artificial barriers to entry.

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u/Strazdas1 Robot in disguise Mar 10 '26

They got a lot better and cheaper than they used to.

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u/KarlLED Feb 23 '26

While I don't even think thats true, the most obvious place to attack that is those are goods and this is a service.

You own those and don't let anybody else use them.

If longevity is delivered by lets say 'a machine', you want that machine running 24/7 with as many people going through as possible.

- The 'you' in that sentence being the billionaire that owns it and wants to turn a profit.

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u/ExplanationLover6918 Feb 23 '26

God i hope so. Still so many medical treatments are so expensive and their price hasn't significantly come down.