What direct-to-consumer medical technology to use in 2023 within the area of diagnosis to live for 150 years

Abstract

This master thesis contributes to answer an essential and relevant question humankind tackles due to the drastic improvements and huge leaps in science and technology overthe last decades within the area of longevity. Even though the life expectancy over thelast years increased, still numerous people die due to age-related conditions which canbe grouped into cardio vascular, respiratory, and neonatal diseases. Due to the unmanageable number of different methods and technologies out of which the latestones get introduced within this work as well as products for consumers that suggesthow to rejuvenate the human biology most successfully, this scientific work provides guidance and provides the most promising and impactful first step for an individual to take in order to live healthy 150 years already today.Out of preselected direct-to-consumer genetic (DTC) tests as medical technologieswithin the area of diagnostics, which experts think of and represents the most impactful area to dig into, this master thesis provides an overview of advantages and disadvantages for selected products and services. Even though the comparison reveals only marginal differences between each product and service, one DTC genetic testestablish itself as the preferred option with the most accurate results.Nevertheless, when looking into the not-so-distant future, DTC medical technologies represent just the beginning of an era in which a lot of new innovations will change the biological immortality as known until today. Biologically speaking there is no rule given by nature that prevents immortality as it is shown by scientists all over the world based on their ground-breaking scientific discoveries. At some point in time technological advancement progresses at such a huge pace so that it does not matterhow fast humans age or what kind of illness people get. This leads to the fact that scientific development will always be a step ahead. This phenomenon is also known as “longevity escape velocity”.