Every day thousands of people die from related causes. Cardiovascular disease appears to be the most biggest cause of death in the world.Ageing kills 3 millions a year.That makes it the most under-researched cause of death and suffering relative to its significance.Heart disease or cancer are indeed age related diseases. These diseases are symptoms of a underlying diseases : ageing. According Julian Savulescu Gene editing could delay or arrest ageing; this has already been achieved in mice. Gene editing might offer the prospect of humans living twice as long, or perhaps even hundreds of years, without loss of memory, frailty or impotence.
