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Report produced by Biogerontology Research Foundation, Deep Knowledge Life Sciences, Aging Analytics Agency, and Longevity.International.
Healthcare systems aren’t ready for rapidly aging global population.
Two main streams of intervention with already promising results:
- understand the root causes of aging and stop them before damage accumulates
- rejuvenation biotechnology, i.e. repair and maintenance
Identified several technologies rapidly gaining steam:
- artificial intelligence in drug discovery, identifying longevity genes and personalized medicine
- senolytics, over 10 prospective candidates are already in the pipeline
- gene therapy can directly target the root of any pathology
Four additional volumes expected in 2018.
