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David Gems Argues for Radical Life Extension

I’d like to share a truely great article by David Gems, Assistant Director of the Institute of Healthy Ageing, UCL. In this paper Professor Gems proves that aging is a diseases and encourages researchers and agencies like FDA to view it … Continue reading

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Poll – How Many People were You Able to Persuade that Scientific Research Aimed at Radical Life Extension is Necessary?

The fight against aging is getting zero support from any global resources and there are no organizational solutions to raise money, but building awareness and funding this important battle is greatly needed. I strongly believe that by spreading the word, … Continue reading

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Billionaire co-founder of PayPal, Facebook to hold radical life extension summit

Financier and philanthropist Peter Thiel is keen on thinking about the future and he is gathering together some of his 200 fellow entrepreneurs and techies to encourage these philanthropists to donate more money to scientific pursuits that could lead to … Continue reading

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Scientists Discover New Way to Detect and Fix DNA Damage

anti aging, dna repair, life extension, glycosylases, alkylation damage, senescence, apoptosis, brandt eichman, dna damage Continue reading

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First step to preserving conciousness – Sebastian Seung: I am my connectome

One of the most intriguing topics in life extension is Neuroscience. In this amazing TED talk Sebastian Seung, Professor of Computational Neuroscience at MIT, tells a story about what may actually be our self – the connectome. The term reffers … Continue reading

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I refuse the invitation to my grave

In the September issue of Scientific American, Tom Kirkwood came out with an article about human aging named “Why can’t we live forever?” His disposable soma theory says that the body is mortal because its cells are specialized. He believes … Continue reading

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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

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Transhumanism

Transhumanism is a philosophical movement which implies that the goal of every person is the development of scientific and technological progress dedicated to increasing the viability of a person, radical life extension, and providing unlimited broadening of the individual’s potential. … Continue reading

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Why radical life extension is possible

1. There are no physical laws prohibiting radical life extension 2. The lifespan of model animals has been successfully increased in many labs 3. There are animals with negligible senescence 4. Scientists are able to grow human tissues and organs … Continue reading

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Positioning of the radical life extension idea

There are several ways of positioning the ideas of radical life extension: 1. Defeating aging The main objection here is that this kind of presentation of the problem scares people, since it looks non-scientific. And it does this especially to … Continue reading

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