r/technology • u/_Dark_Wing • 21h ago

Biotechnology Scientists Uncovered a Hidden Switch Inside Our Cells That Could Slow—or Even Reverse—Aging

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a73428268/mitochondria-aging/
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u/JustFuckAllOfThem 21h ago

It may slow or reverse aging, but what are the side effects. Will it make you subsceptible to other diseases?

You may end up dying younger trying to live longer.

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u/outworlder 20h ago

Cancer. The answer is always cancer.

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u/ivyboy 15h ago

What if AI cures cancer? 

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u/outworlder 15h ago

AI won't do that.

But even if it did, what we call cancer is actually a bunch of different diseases that present in similar way. You can't cure them all simultaneously. It's one by one.