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Comment author: Tripitaka 17 December 2015 02:11:23PM 2 points [-]

Bit late but Aubrey de Grey in his latest reddit AMA estimates that Crispr/CAS9 cuts off about 20 (!) years of the SENS/immortality timeline.

Comment author: James_Miller 17 December 2015 07:35:34PM 1 point [-]

As a man approaching 50, I desperately hope this is true.

Comment author: Tripitaka 18 December 2015 12:34:38PM 2 points [-]

Q:Does it speed up the development timeline at all? A:Aubrey de Grey, SENS[S]: A lot, yes.

No concrete timeframe, but he also gives estimates:

Seems as if he gives a 50yo has about 50% chance to be around when SENS comes.