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Re:Scientists engineer mice genomes to lengthen their lifesp... by api on Thursday December 15, 2016 @08:41PM (#13190396)
Rich people would get this first, but there'd be so much demand that unless there was something intrinsically expensive about a life extension tech (e.g. it required surgical intervention) you'd see geometric decreases in price. Then the patents would expire and it'd get mass produced in India for $0.05/pill.
Re:Scientists engineer mice genomes to lengthen their lifesp... by kbenson on Thursday December 15, 2016 @08:50PM (#13190433)
> Then the patents would expire and it'd get mass produced in India for $0.05/pill.

Forget patents. This is the sort of thing that will flood the black market, and could conceivably be a target for eminent domain. In any case, it will make it out to the public in some manner if it becomes a reality, I'm sure of that.