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‘We will be able to live to 1,000′
June 26th, 2006 8:37 am
By Dr Aubrey de Grey
University of Cambridge
Life expectancy is increasing in the developed world. But Cambridge University geneticist Aubrey de Grey believes it will soon extend dramatically to 1,000. Here, he explains why.
Ageing is a physical phenomenon happening to our bodies, so at some point in the future, as medicine becomes more and more powerful, we will inevitably be able to address ageing just as effectively as we address many diseases today.
I claim that we are close to that point because of the SENS (Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence) project to prevent and cure ageing.
It is not just an idea: it’s a very detailed plan to repair all the types of molecular and cellular damage that happen to us over time.
July 1st, 2006 12:38 am
Great blog! I did an article about Grey in August of 2005, in my Extreme Technology blog (extremetechnology.blogspot.com). The title is “Rejuvenation Therapy”.
In it, I proposed the question: “Theoretically, people should then be able to live practically forever. The question is: Will they want to?”
A good answer to this universal question was offered by someone who commented on my post (http://extremetechnology.blogspot.com/2005_08_01_extremetechnology_archive.html).
Regards, Don Cook (Technophile, Gearhead, Ubergeek)
July 1st, 2006 9:04 am
Thanks for your post, Don. Found your blog interesting too and look forward to reading more . . .