News Summary

• There are things we already know work super well to improve human longevity, like exercise, diet, faith, and social support.
• Here's where they're placing their bets:AutophagyThe built-in recycling process that keeps our cells healthy and spry is probably the ripest research area of the three for a potential "quick" fix for aging, since (in theory) it could be tweaked with a pill.
• These two existing medications (for kidney transplants and diabetes, respectively) show promise for boosting longevity, and some biohackers are using them off-label as DIY aging interventions already.
• (Presumably, the billionaire class is already adhering to these well-known pillars of health, which can extend healthy human lifespan by about 10 years.
• "Back in 2000, I was like, 'man, I hope I get to live through the time that AI starts to sweep across society,'" Betts-LaCroix said.That time has come.
• The idea is to make old cells act young again by "reprogramming" them into a slightly younger state using four well-known Yamanaka Factors (Japanese stem cell researcher Shinya Yamanaka won a Nobel Prize in 2012 for discovering this can be done.)