Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence (SENS)
Translations
Senescence - the process that progressively reduces an organisms remaining life expectancy.
The goal is that we are able to treat aging as we do tuberculosis - that it can be treated, even though one is already "suffering" it, and reversed.
"I am different than Michael (see above). But Michael and I are in agreement that we thing aging is barbaric...I am a theoretician. That means I don't have a grant." <--the take away line.
The point is that we have been resigned to the notion that we will get old and die. The presenter suggests we need not believe this. (the prevention/retardation of aging).
He outlined the 7 major causes of degeneration. Each of the 7 major causes havebeen reversed or obviated by specific techniques. (Robust Mouse Rejuvenation).
It's not only mice. The leap to humans is not long.
Prediction - stick around as long as 2020 (perhaps longer) and this could be you. Negligible senescence is essentially stopping the clock. Then after that we can work on reversing the clock.
If you can make it through the next 30 years you may make it indefinitely.
Methuselamouse.org
ìYou may think Iím wrong. My answer is ëSo what?íî
http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/sens/
(In response to the implications of overpopulation)
ìI wonít waffle about that. There will be a need for draconian measures. Perhaps sterilization. But the right to procreate will never be valued more than a living personís right to live. Not doing this means people will die.î
ìDoes that mean there will be a world without children?î
ìYes, that will mean a world without children.î
(He had me going until thenÖ.)
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