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Letter: Anti-ageing downsides could be monumental

Published 14 August 2024

From Dyane Silvester, Arnside, Cumbria, UK

It seems premature to say that the downsides of anti-ageing therapies are a price worth paying. If they include a population explosion that turns out to be the last straw for an already overburdened planet, I suspect that the people alive at that time would disagree (Leader, 6 July).

Issue no. 3504 published 17 August 2024

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