Should We Live to 1,000?
In developed countries, aging is the ultimate cause of 90% of all human deaths; thus, treating aging is a form of preventive medicine for all of the diseases of old age. So, instead of targeting specific diseases associated with old age, shouldn’t we try to forestall or repair the physical damage caused by the aging process itself?
PRINCETON – On which problems should we focus research in medicine and the biological sciences? There is a strong argument for tackling the diseases that kill the most people –diseases like malaria, measles, and diarrhea, which kill millions in developing countries, but very few in the developed world.