Indeed, you can look at this sirtuin boondoggle

https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2011/09/22/th...

https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2011/12/13/th...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirtris_Pharmaceuticals

Famous professor from Harvard discovers possible route to elongating lifespan and then spends 1bn+ in funding to pursue that idea. I haven’t kept up with that story since then, so it’s possible that someone might be able to use it as a therapeutic target.