The debate over whether aging is a disease rages on

The director of UCLA's Aging Center liked the revision for its accuracy and potential. The opportunity to think we can improve is offered by it. It means we can change our fate a bit.

Regardless, work is going forward. Silicon Valley has been investing in anti-aging research for a long time. The number of years a person remains healthy is one of the things Saudi Arabia plans to research. Scientists are being asked to apply for funding for age related research. The director of the National Institute on Aging said that the ICD change supports the idea that aging has functional consequences.

The budget and research have been increasing over the last two decades. There is not a lack of money or a disease that is holding the field back.

The field needs investigators who ask hard questions and can investigate topics when the tech they need is still in development.

New insights into aging at a cellular level can be obtained with the help of rapid advances in technologies. Over the next two to five years, there will be major breakthrough in animal models. He still wonders if diet and exercise are as effective as an anti-aging therapy. It is still going to have side effects even if we have a therapeutic that is 50% as good as a good diet and exercise. Do you want to exercise three times a week or take the pill?

Belsky can see other fruit. If we want to slow aging then we need to drink clean water and breathe clean air. We could make a lot of progress from that.

Others still think the lab has a lot of potential. She wants to reverse the aging process, but her focus is on staving off age related diseases to extend the human health span. When she began talking to people about her plans five years ago, they didn't think it was possible to stop aging. She and her team showed it could remove damaged mitochondria in fruit flies. An individual's susceptibility to age- related diseases may be increased by the malfunctioning of the organelles.

This is not a movie. Everything is doable.

Sarah Sloat is a journalist based in Brooklyn, New York.