Old-Age Pill
It is extremely ironic how the biggest problem with the development of an anti-aging drug is that it is taking too much time to create. Scientists are frustrated with the time it is taking to face time with less consequences. I also believe that it is interesting that this article says, “the world may finally be ready for an old-age pill.” Why, persay, was the world not previously ready for this anti-aging pill? What makes saving this generation from the consequences of time better than saving the last? If people lived longer, population would grow quicker, due to the decrease of death in the society. If anything, overpopulation is more of a problem now than it was in the past. So, if this were the reason for which this generation was not ready for an old-age pill, then the world was in fact more ready for the pill sooner rather than later.
If this is not the reason why the world was not “ready” for an old-age pill, than perhaps the author was referring to the technology advancements in today’s age versus in the past. Certainly, there have been plenty of advancements in medicine and technology in recent times. It might be fair to claim that an anti-aging pill is finally just as advanced as other modern medicines.
In this quote, the author claims that the gears of drug development turn slowly. I do not have an abundance of knowledge in the area of drug development, but this makes sense due to the extensive testing, experimentation, and regulations that scientist must go through before a drug is ready to be released to the world.
