Quick Hits: Want to Participate in an Anti-Aging Clinical Trial? You Better be a Millionaire.

Have you noticed that the rich and famous seem to age better than the rest of the population? There seems to be a positive correlation between wealth and slowed aging. In that same vein, a recent Live Science article discussed a new anti-aging clinical trial where subjects  must pay $1 million to participate, as opposed to most studies where participation is either free or people are actually compensated. The study is being run by Libella Gene Therapeutics, a Kansas-based company that uses a single-gene therapy to “prevent, delay, or even reverse” the effects of aging, as well as treat diseases associated with old age such as Alzheimer’s.