Life Extension Magazine March 2009 Original Article: Ending the Atrocities Ending the AtrocitiesBy William FaloonToday’s population lives on a railroad track. Everything may be fine for the moment—until a freight train comes along and wipes us out. We at Life Extension have pled for 29 years to get off the track before the train ...

(Crossposted from Depressed Metabolism) Consumers are constantly bombarded with advice about health. Lower your cholesterol, avoid carbs, take dietary supplements, avoid Teflon, get a full body scan, etc. Such advice does not fall on deaf ears. Who does not want to remain healthy, look good, and extend life? Two other factors contribute to ...

In just a few years, perhaps in just a couple of generations, humans will finally reach the long-awaited dream of being in control of their own destiny and they will re-create themselves deciding the direction of their own evolution, according to author, businessman, and academic Juan Enriquez, chairman and CEO of Biotechonomy (www. ...

An hour long interview of the infamous scientist, Aubrey de Grey, PhD (who says that unlimited life spans are just around the corner) by the Singularity Institute's Eliezer Yudkosky: http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/16508   Discussion: http://www.imminst.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=26358

Anne Underwood NEWSWEEK From the magazine issue dated Dec 15, 2008 By the time it reaches the age of 18 days, the average roundworm is old, flabby, sluggish and wrinkled. By 20 days, the creature will likely be dead—unless, that is, it's one of Cynthia Kenyon's worms. ...

First the good news: a study by scientists at the Buck Institute for Age Research shows four common antioxidants extended lifespan in the nematode worm C. elegans. And the not such good news: those four were among 40 antioxidants tested, the majority of which did nothing or caused harm to the microscopic worms. The findings highlight ...

(Crossposted from Depressed Metabolism) On September 6, 2007 we launched the blog Depressed Metabolism for a number of reasons. The most important one was to launch a blog with a strong emphasis on cryonics. Although there are a number of good blogs on aging and life extension, there was not such a blog for cryonics. Another reason was to ...

(Crossposted from Depressed Metabolism)A recent study in Rejuvenation Research reports that a combination of dietary supplements confer neuroprotection in stroke. Over a 2 week period rats received either a proprietary formulation of blueberry, green tea, Vitamin D3, and carnosine  called NT-020 or vehicle (i.e., the same solution minus ...

(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  ...