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How far away are we from life extension?
Thanks to advanced data modeling, he suggests that by 2030, longevity technology will be moving so fast, “the reality will be that most people will have access, and quite affordable access, to life extension technology.”
Is human life extension possible?
Though many scientists state that life extension and radical life extension are possible, there are still no international or national programs focused on radical life extension. There are political forces staying for and against life extension.
Is longevity escape velocity possible?
At present, more than one year of research is required for each additional year of expected life. Longevity escape velocity occurs when this ratio reverses, so that life expectancy increases faster than one year per one year of research, as long as that rate of advance is sustainable.
Is Sens a pseudoscience?
Since experts recognize SENS is pseudoscience, but it nevertheless has been featured widely and uncritically by popular media, we devote the rest of this short note and the first section of our web supplement to a more general response to this troubling aspect of SENS.
Is Aubrey de GREY a doctor?
Dr. Aubrey de Grey is a biomedical gerontologist based in Cambridge, UK, and is the Chief Science Officer of SENS Foundation, a non-profit charity dedicated to combating the aging process. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Rejuvenation Research, the world’s only peer-reviewed journal focused on intervention in aging.
What is aging escape velocity and the rabbit?
And the pace at which this rabbit moves ahead, of 1 year or more, for every year of your life, is called Ageing’s Escape Velocity — you’ll always be youthful, no matter your age!
The possibility of human life extension— chronological life extension, as in living to 150—may be a consequence of mitigating the causes of biological aging. (Curious about what your biological age is?
How can we extend life through technology?
To continue to extend the technologies of life extension along the trajectory defined by contemporary industrial-technological civilization is to begin the steep descent into the uncanny valley, where the close resemblance of the nearly-human to the human itself is more disturbing than the relation of the non-human to the human.
How can we extend the lifespan of human beings?
Theoretically, extension of maximum lifespan in humans could be achieved by reducing the rate of aging damage by periodic replacement of damaged tissues, molecular repair or rejuvenation of deteriorated cells and tissues, reversal of harmful epigenetic changes, or the enhancement of enzyme telomerase activity.
Do Americans want life extension treatments?
A Spring 2013 Pew Research poll in the United States found that 38\% of Americans would want life extension treatments, and 56\% would reject it. However, it also found that 68\% believed most people would want it and that only 4\% consider an “ideal lifespan” to be more than 120 years.