I&#x27;m not sure it makes sense to put effort into these kinds of programs. As an example, a specific approach SENS wants to develop is lengthening telomeres in your body. But scientists are not even sure that shortening telomeres contribute significantly to aging-related diseases.<p>Derek Lowe (who knows drug development better than any of us) made a very interesting comment recently on the cancer research &quot;moonshot&quot; funding presented in the State of the Union speech:<p>&quot;&quot;&quot;
Trying to cure cancer in this way would be like trying to go to the moon without really knowing how rocket engines actually work, without being quite sure if Newton’s laws of motion would hold up, and with some real uncertainty in the position of the moon.
&quot;&quot;&quot;<p>The disparity between what we know today, and what we would have to know to &quot;cure&quot; cancer, is quite unfathomable to us computer hackers.