Applying the new technologies of regenerative and genetic medicine, the engineering approach to aging promises to dramatically extend healthy human life within the next few decades. How do you and your loved ones stand to benefit from the coming biomedical revolution? Are you prepared? Is society prepared? At Aging 2008 you will engage with top ...

Is 90 the new 50?  Not yet, aging researchers say, but medical breakthroughs to significantly extend life and ease the ailments of getting older are closer than many people think. "The general public has no idea what's coming," said David Sinclair, a Harvard Medical School professor who has made headlines with research into ...

Forget aviation hero. On the side, Lindbergh was a Dr Frankenstein figure, who used his mechanical genius to explore the possibility of conquering death - but only for the select few who were considered "worthy" of living forever. "Beating death was something he thought about his entire life", says David M Friedman, ...

Don't look now, but Dr. Daniel Laury is getting younger by the hour. The Medford gynecologist and primary care physician for women says he's actually de-aging. That's based on a review of critical health markers that he says show "chronologically, if I go back a year on my numbers, I'm younger than a year ...

... "In the labs today, people are discovering how to fabricate new nanometer-scale structures for regenerative medicine," he said. Eigler believes that this technology could blossom over the next 10 to 15 years and that it eventually will result in pharmacies built into the human body that automatically administer medicines based on ...

Dear Future Centenarian,   Here’s a breaking story from KurzwilAI.net:   Two studies provide new insights on exceptional longevity. In a study of risk factors that may be part of the 75% of human life span variation not attributable to genetics, Brigham & Women's Hospital researchers estimated that a ...

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 ...

The Immortality Institute is hosting a live question and answer chat with S Jay Olshansky, PhD, this Sunday at 6:30 p.m. central time U.S., Sunday December 2nd. For this time in other parts of the world, see this link. For more information on this chat, see the thread at ImmInst on it.  We have had a few excellent chats (with Aubrey de Grey ...

The Betterhumans community has joined forces with the Methuselah Foundation in their efforts to support new technologies to slow and even reverse the damage of the aging process. Betterhumans has taken a seat among the Methuselah Foundation's Mprize 300, directly funding SENS research. We encourage all members of the community to take ...

Hm, there are of course a number of other things each of us could do to fight and eventually hopefully end aging. One thing that comes to mind is: Donate to the Methulselah Foundation Betterhumans members can do this as part of the Betterhumans The 300 group donation to support SENS research. Here is how it works: The group was ...