[necrosyne]

I hope I'm wrong, but assuming these treatments do prove effective in humans, it won't be made available to the likes of us. The elite will get to enjoy unnaturally long lives (or perhaps escape death completely) while the rest of humanity is literally rendered disposable.

[qgin]

This has never happened with any other medical treatment. Why would this be different?

Compare this relatively simple treatment to the unbelievable amount of resources spent to treat the diseases that directly come from aging (cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s, etc)

Medicare pours billions of dollars into treating these diseases with relatively little success. This would be an order of magnitude less expensive.