About the Book: Longevity Delusion: Money, Myths and Bad Science
The search for a world in which old age is a curable disease, and death is
optional, unites Elon Musk, Bryan Johnson and Gwyneth Paltrow. The longevity
industry is a vast, pseudo-medical enterprise that has spawned countless
bestselling books, social media frenzies and a huge network of conferences and
pharmacological research.
Seamus OMahony casts his skeptical and acerbic eye over this landscape in his
brilliant quest to uncover the truth behind an industry-largely funded by
Silicon Valley billionaires-which feeds off the gullibility of rich investors
and death-phobic consumers to sell drugs, stem cell therapy, gene therapy