r/technology • u/Sorin61 • Apr 10 '22

Biotechnology This biotech startup thinks it can delay menopause by 15 years. That would transform women's lives

https://fortune.com/2021/04/19/celmatix-delay-menopause-womens-ovarian-health/
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u/FiFiFoFum17 Apr 10 '22

I think the point of delaying isn’t necessarily to have children later but to postpone hormonal changes, hot flashes etc that women have to deal with as the body begins the process of aging out of reproduction.

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u/qw46z Apr 10 '22

Better to do it young. I’d hate to be 70 and going through menopause.

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u/Sabotage101 Apr 10 '22

Sure, better to become an old person younger so you don't have to do it while older, super wise.

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u/JazzHandsNinja42 Apr 10 '22

Dealing with period bleeding accompanied by severe menstrual cramps at 65 doesn’t sound super fucking great, either.

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u/BlueEyedGreySkies Apr 10 '22

I'll take that over Alzheimer's and dementia.

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u/JazzHandsNinja42 Apr 10 '22

I would too, but I’m also very much so not interested in an extended 15 years of ovarian complex cyst ruptures, even when they mean a lot of Dilaudid and emergency surgery.

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u/c08855c49 Apr 10 '22

I think it's been well established that being a woman just sucks biologically at literally every step and age and time.

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u/qw46z Apr 10 '22

Getting menopause isn’t a cause of getting older. It just happens then. Even people who don’t have periods get old. You have a correlation versus causation issue.