Is There A Cure For Old Age?

Longevity Therapeutics Developers Aim To Find Out

Investment and research into the science of aging – and therapeutics that could slow down or even reverse the aging process – are ramping up. Past clinical failures have given way to new and focused approaches that aim to lengthen “healthspan,” turning the last years of life into the best years of life.     

Old age

In his forthcoming book, titled The Science and Technology of Growing Young, Sergey Young, a venture capitalist and founder of the $100m Longevity Vision Fund, declares that “aging is a disease,” the implication being that it can, and should, be treated.

The Longevity Vision Fund, which focuses exclusively on anti-aging technologies, drugs, devices and diagnostics, was created to help catalyze a “longevity revolution,” and “change one billion lives by bringing an...

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