(Crossposted from Depressed Metabolism) Just a superficial look at the history of the life extension movement will suffice  to show the rise and fall of numerous fads and trends in ideas about the mechanisms and “treatment” of aging.  Psychological meliorism and simplistic visions of biochemistry create overly optimistic ...

(Crossposted from Depressed Metabolism) This is the first in a series of interviews with individuals in the life extension and cryonics movement. We start off with an interview with Ben Best, president of the Cryonics Institute. What is your philosophy toward life? I think that “sense of life” or emotional involvement  ...

(Crossposted from Depressed Metabolism) Most life extensionists and transhumanists do not buy into many of the myths about cryonics. But one perspective that is sometimes voiced by futurists is that cryonics is a rational backup plan until aging is cured. This position has some serious shortcomings and potentially lethal implications. Human ...

(Crossposted from Depressed Metabolism) One problem in assessing the merits of taking a specific dietary supplement (ranging from vitamins to  exotic multi-ingredient compounds) is widespread selection bias in the documentation that is supposed to support the use of the supplement in question.  The sheer number of scientific ...

Scientists from around the world are racing to answer one of humanity's chief questions: can we turn back the human clock?  Hitch a ride on this controversial roller-coaster with charismatic gerontologist Michael Rose as he leads us to where the cutting-edge science in life extension is happening: biotechnology, genetic research, therapeutic ...

Channel 4 Documentary following the revolutionary life-extension and immortality ideas of this somewhat eccentric scientist, Dr. Aubrey de Grey. This show is all about the radical ideas of a Cambridge biomedical gerontologist called Aubrey de Grey who believes that, within the next 20-30 years, we could extend life indefinitely by addressing ...

The presentation by Ronald Bailey at the Edmonton Aging Symposium which took place March 30-31, 2007. For more information, please visit ...  » http://www.edmontonagingsymposium.com As people view the science and the problems of an aging society presented at this symposium, a future where getting older means spending a lot more time as a ...

Discussions around nanotechnology in age-related research.

Charlie Rose engages in a round-table discussion with various scientists working on healthy life extension. Caloric restriction and resveratrol are discussed.

The Alcor Life Extension Foundation and Cryonics are explored.