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Re:With greater longevity, the quest to avoid infirmities of... by magduf on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @05:39PM (#20099530)
>We need to cure all the cancers, Alzheimer’s, heart disease, etc.

No, we really don't. Heart disease is mostly caused by lifestyle. And cancer and the aging process are two sides of the same coin: solve aging and you'll figure out cancer too. Alzheimer's is now appearing to be caused by a virus, so we'll probably have a vaccine for that before long.

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Re:With greater longevity, the quest to avoid infirmities of... by melling on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @06:30PM (#20099893)
What about the people who seem to inherit Alzheimer’s?

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-03848-4

Plenty of young people get cancer. We also have childhood cancers.

Maybe you should include some references? We haven’t had one effective treatment for alzheimer’s in the past 20 years

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