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by xiphias2 1640 days ago
There's a twin problem to reversing graying: reversing bolding. And there are solutions to it that work, the newest is finasteride. The only problem with it is that it causes impotance in 1% of the people. As it doesn't affect lifespan, getting an anti-graying solution through the FDA process takes billions of dollars and even then they can have long term sife effects that make them not worth to take.

Curing the 7 known underlying causes of aging one by one and showing differences in serious illnesses have the option to give feedback already in Phase 1 on humans, the less expensive part of the approval process.

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What are these "7 known underlying causes of aging" you're referring to?
https://www.cell.com/fulltext/S0092-8674(13)00645-4

Sorry, it's 9 here, Aubrey de Gray had a bit different characterisation, but this paper is more accepted now.