The Download: "reprogramming" aging, and the hidden sense of interoception

The Download: "reprogramming" aging, and the hidden sense of interoception Plus: SpaceX has officially delivered the largest IPO in history. Why "reprogramming" is the buzziest approach to reversing aging right now Earlier this week, Life Biosciences, a biotech company focused on reversing age-related diseases, announced that it had dosed its first volunteer. A person with glaucoma has had an experimental treatment injected straight into their eyeball. The idea is to treat the disease by regenerating healthy nerves in the eye--but the company already hopes to go further. If the treatment can reverse glaucoma, similar treatments could reverse other diseases of aging. Maybe, just maybe, they could reverse aging altogether.