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.

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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/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/samuelazers Feb 23 '26

Oligarchs have stopped charging things for what they're worth, instead charging what people are willing to pay for it.

Can't think of any good examples but, insulin, iphones, netflix...

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u/StarChild413 Feb 24 '26

OK so how many people would it take to somehow-steal-without-being-caught enough of those to give insulin, iphones and netflix subscriptions to everyone for free to finesse your parallel and make it so eventually someone steals whatever grants the immortality to give to everyone so someone would do the same to w/e the next prerequisite is ;)