In this week’s newsletter

✅ Is dysfunctional mitochondria the main culprit in aging? ✅ The new gene editor beyond CRISPR. ✅ A groundbreaking AI model generates new proteins. ✅ They want to speed up drug development. ✅ Ray Kurzweil’s new book has arrived just in time. ✅ Insights from our second episode of the LEVITY podcast.

”We’re still stuck with these frail, short-lived physical bodies. It makes no sense. We’re past-due for an upgrade”

A company called Mitrix Bio wants to make people live for at least 130 years. Yay! Or to quote Aubrey de Grey’s reaction to the news: ”wow”. One of the people who’s signed up to oversee this endeavor is none other than William Shatner, who recently turned 93. Talk about boldly going where no one has gone before.

But.

We’ve seen these types of claims before. Not least of all from myself.

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