Negligible Senescence
Apropos to the "Aging 2008" special event notice we posted earlier today, you might be interested in reading a new article on "Engineering an End to Aging" by Michael Anissimov, a member of CRN's Global Task Force.
Here is how it begins:
Age-defying creams and lotions, esoteric herbs and elixirs, botox and plastic surgery, what do they all have in common?
None of them will actually increase your lifespan. Usually, they're snake oil. At best, they improve external appearance without actually extending life. We deserve better, and we'll need it if we want to live longer than the typical four score and ten years.
The first thing to realize is that nature doesn't specifically want us to die...
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Stumbled across this blog and found posts a good read, keep up the good work.
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Posted by: Brian | May 25, 2008 at 05:58 PM