Four steps toward the control of aging: following the example of XXXX .

@entity1 @entity204 @entity166 @entity66
UNASSIGNED: The biotechnological task of controlling @entity1 aging will evidently be complex, given the failure of all simple strategies for accomplishing this task to date. In view of this complexity, a multi-step approach will be necessary. One precedent for a multi-step biotechnological success is the burgeoning control of @entity1 infectious diseases from 1840 to 2000. Here we break down progress toward the control of @entity166 into four key steps, each of which have analogs for the control of aging. (1) Agreement about the fundamental nature of the medical problem. (2) Public health measures to mitigate some of the factors that exacerbate the medical problem. (3) Early biotechnological interventions that ward off the more tractable disease etiologies. (4) Deep understanding of the underlying biology of the diseases involved, leading in turn to comprehensive control of the medical problems that they pose. Achievement of all four of these steps has allowed most @entity1 who live in Western countries to live largely free of imminent @entity204 due to @entity166 . Accomplishing the equivalent feat for aging over this century should lead to a similar outcome for @entity66 . Neither infection nor aging will ever be entirely abolished, but they can both be rendered minor causes of @entity204 and disability.
