Re:Scientists engineer mice genomes to lengthen their lifesp...
by mabbo on Friday December 16, 2016 @08:55AM
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It's not about all humans living a decade more on average, it's about those with the wealth to afford it getting a decade more of healthy years, while the poor do not.
A decade more of time to earn more, build more, become more wealthy and pass that on to children who are then wealthier.
Damn, this would be a fantastic dystopian sci fi plot point.
Re:Scientists engineer mice genomes to lengthen their lifesp...
by dpeck on Friday December 16, 2016 @09:54AM
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Look at life spans of royalty vs commoners in 19th and early 20th century, this already happened and took the medical advances of 20th century to make similar.
A decade more of time to earn more, build more, become more wealthy and pass that on to children who are then wealthier.
Damn, this would be a fantastic dystopian sci fi plot point.