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The Fight to End Aging

Posted on June 27, 2008

In a remarkably upbeat article, Wired magazine profiles our friend Aubrey de Grey and his organization, the Methuselah Foundation. Less than a decade ago, de Grey was a relatively unknown computer scientist doing his own research into aging. . . Now, though, some scientists are beginning to view his approach -- looking at aging as a disease and bringing in more disciplines into gerontology -- as worthwhile, even if they still look askance at his claims of permanent reversible aging within a lifespan. The Methuselah Foundation now has an annual research funding budget of several million dollars...

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