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New DNA Repair Process Discovery May Lead to Human Life Extension

A key component of aging is the accumulation of errors in cells genetic’ genetic code or DNA. Once enough errors accumulate, the cell makes faulty proteins leading to irreparable cell damage and death, or in some cases cancer. In a … Continue reading

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Don’t most businessmen want to live?

Funding of life extension research is extremely close to zero. It lookes like there’s just a couple of men interested in their own lives. The rest seems to want to die. One of those few smart businessmen, Jason Hope announced … Continue reading

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Gene Sequencing interview with expert: William Andregg

William Andregg is the CEO and founder of Halcyon Molecular. He invented a technology called “core polymer placement” which offers quicker and cheaper DNA sequencing. Mr. Andregg feels that the cost of complete human genome sequencing will be as low … Continue reading

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The FDA Needs to Rethink Aging

I wanted to share an interesting perspective by statistician Gary Liberson, PhD. He recently published some valid points on the present system of FDA licensing and the difficulty that companies face in finding an economic justification for longevity research without … Continue reading

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