Tag Archives: biogerontology
Major Problem in Biogerontology
This interview potpourri covers the opinions of well-known gerontologists about the possibility of late-onset interventions to prolong life. The scientists are the authors of a paper in the Science Translational Medicine, which advocates that the funding for research is increased and … Continue reading
Filed under Funding, Regenerative medicine
Retirement should depend upon biological causes as opposed to chronological age
Never before has our planet contained so many older people, or such a large percentage of them. In the United States each year, more than 3.5 million Baby Boomers turn 55. Their swelling numbers predict that, by 2012, America’s 50 … Continue reading
Filed under Life Extension
The Future of Aging: Pathways to Human Life Extension
Editor: Gregory M. Fahy Technical Editors: Michael D. West, L. Stephen Coles, Steven B. Harris To my mind this is a must-read book for anybody who cares about themselves and their future. An outstanding panel of authors brings their expertise … Continue reading
Filed under Life Extension, Transhumanism
The world’s oldest living things
Rachel Sussman‘s talk at TED is about very remarkable creatures – the ones that are older than 2,000 years. Among these record-breakers is Siberian Actinobacteria that is doing DNA repair below freezing. That’s pretty incredible. Rachel mentions the absence of … Continue reading
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The main question in Biogerontology
There’s this quite simple idea: to take two species similar in size and basic biology, but having a substantial difference in longevity, and figure out what’s the reason for this difference. What are the distinctions in the mechnisms of aging … Continue reading
Filed under Life Extension, Mechanisms of aging, Science
The meaning of life
Well, lets start with the meaning of life. Why does a person live? A person lives in order to live. Everything good that happens to them, all their dreams and goals make senae for them only while they are alive. … Continue reading
Filed under Life, Life Extension, Transhumanism
