It is a big deal. It is also not as big a deal as work towards full rejuvenation would be. Altos Labs, like Calico and others before it, is attempting to cure diseases of aging. They are not, to my knowledge, attempting to achieve full rejuvenation that would prevent age-related disease by means of eternally maintained youth.
It is, in principle, easier to prevent cancer than to cure it. And the strategies you would use for each are different. There aren’t many people outside of SENS who are working on the rejuvenation-as-prevention approach.
It is a big deal. It is also not as big a deal as work towards full rejuvenation would be. Altos Labs, like Calico and others before it, is attempting to cure diseases of aging. They are not, to my knowledge, attempting to achieve full rejuvenation that would prevent age-related disease by means of eternally maintained youth.
It is, in principle, easier to prevent cancer than to cure it. And the strategies you would use for each are different. There aren’t many people outside of SENS who are working on the rejuvenation-as-prevention approach.