I’ve also read about telomeres. From Swanson Vitamins site...”Shortening may be responsible for cellular senescence. Each time a cell divides, telomeres are shortened. The telomerase enzyme appears to help offset this phenomenon, keeping telomeres long even as cells divide and replicate.”
http://www.swansonvitamins.com/swanson-ultra-telomere-advantage-60-veg-caps
Exactly. And it’s not surprising that progress is being made when you think about it. Everyone gets old, most people are unhappy with that. People with significant amounts of money are unhappier than most and they can’t take it with them — so there is a lot of dough being thrown at the problem.
Whenever you get that much research money, that much brain power, that much motivation — results will be forthcoming.