A proposal says that by the year 2050, a 70 year old will look and feel like 50.
James Peyer is a 35-year-old man who is starting a startup called Cambrian Biopharma.
He told the newspaper that the diseases of aging have been the primary predator of humankind for 75 years. We are trying to find a way to beat the diseases of aging.
A stem cell researcher who founded his startup with a German billionaire believes that aging is a disease that humans can fight with pharmaceuticals. He plans to prove it by identifying disorders and diseases that mimic aging, such as those that cause loss of muscle mass, and then partnering with researchers studying medicines for said diseases.
After starting companies to sell the drugs associated with the diseases identified, Peyer wants to expand research on those medications for off-label anti-aging purposes.
The venture capital world is taking notice of it. Peyer said in a press release that the company raised $100 million from a group of investors.
Some Silicon Valley types have begun taking a generic diabetes drug, according to the Times.
There have been a few preliminary studies that show the anti-aging properties of metformin, but it has not been widely researched because aging is not considered a disease by any governmental bodies. An anonymous visionary has put up half a million dollars to fund a human trial of a drug that could be used to prolong life.
It is another attempt at the ancient human preoccupation of trying to cheat death. If they can pull it off, it would shift the entire course of human history, but whether that goal is possible is anyone's guess.
US tech investors believe they are close to a cure for old age.
Stealing the Blood of the Young may make you more youthful.
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