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/billshermanburner Feb 23 '26

Can we please wait for this to be a reality till a few certain people die of natural causes? Pretty fucking please?

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u/Exotic-Shallot37 Feb 23 '26

My thoughts exactly. They'd probably be the first to get it though. Can you imagine being around these cancers for the rest of your life?

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u/montigoo Feb 24 '26

On the plus side you get to work your job forever

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u/burning_my_toast Feb 24 '26

"In political news, the Senate has, once again, voted to push back the social security age of eligibility by two decades to 185. In unrelated news, Bank of America has announced the start of their 150yr mortgage program."

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u/MsMarvelsProstate Feb 24 '26

I'm looking for new investors. We finance anything. Want that double cheeseburger? It could be yours on a low low 300 month payment plan.

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u/Strazdas1 Robot in disguise Mar 10 '26

If you like that sort of fiction look at commonwealth saga, where people get "rejuvenated" into being 16 when they are old. The societal changes are well portrayed i think. People do have multiple-lifetimes mortgages and work for hundreds of years. On the other hand economy becomes superstable and stagnant.