Lots of modern medicine doesn't actually work; the stuff that does work (like vaccines) is cheap and doctors will spend little time on it; most doctor time and medical cost is spent on managing chronic diseases of aging that we cannot cure.
Gene modifications. Lots of “dwarf” (growth hormone deficient) mammals are long lived, for instance.
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Interesting. So it might be that there is some genetic switch that upregulates repair processes of a bunch of different types? There are two philosophies here: (1) repair the body (2) persuade the body to repair itself Are you thinking about the second branch?
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Have you heard of epigenetic reprogramming?https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2016/12/19/cellular-rejuvenation-for-real …
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