A short film by the LifeStar World Health Initiative, with some rather exciting ideas, will they come true? Who knows but I sure want to find out, don’t you!? If possible this stuff seems to important not to support as much as we can.
More info: www.lifestarinstitute.org
Aubrey De Grey certainly seems to get around! Here’s the latest from him talking about SENS, check out the web ste for some background (http://www.sens.org/) on the project or watch the videos, the following is made up of four parts, the next part should play automatically when you are done with each part…hopefully. It’s aimed at Scientists but I think it mostly makes sense, but if not try the FAQ on the SENS site first by clicking here.
The word really needs to be spread about ageing research, I cant think of a more important cause then tying to save peoples lives. The following video gives a general idea of what I’m talking about:
You can donate and find out more here: http://www.methuselahfoundation.org/ and http://www.sens.org/ aaaand here: http://www.healthyyears.org
SPREAD THE WORD MY FRIENDS!
Various raw footage from the upcoming film, To Age Or Not To Age? I can understand why people are sceptical if this stuff will ever come true, I’m sceptical but this seems to much of an important issue not to fund to the fullest!
http://www.youtube.com/user/tkfitz33
I have become a little obsessed in recent months watching and reading all I can about the life extension movement, I suggest everyone do the same it’s fascinating reading, the idea of it and the science itself too! There a lot of people saying a wind ranging amount of things, Dr Aubrey de Grey seems the most interesting character in the movement, and most vocal with his unique style. I posted a lecture he did at TED which you can find by clicking here. Also click here for the SENS (Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence) homepage which gives lots of information about it, and ability to donate and get involved. Also click here to see the The Methuselah Foundation which is the other half of SENS with information and what they hope to achieve and what not. No one knows what the future holds but this research just seems so important to try. Some people say they think ‘what’s the point it probably won’t come to anything’. But that’s like saying of we probably won’t find a cure for Cancer, AIDs whatever, we don;t not pursue these things, because we want it to happen, it’s the same principal is it not? Curing cancer and AIDS is about preventing death, so exactly the same concept. I just don’t get some peoples problems with trying. The point isn’t to try and ‘live forever’ it’s about trying to have choice in how long you live rather then now which is little choice. Like I said who knows, but something this important must be worth trying!
As some of you may know I have a lot of time on my hands at the moment with lack of employment and have found myself thinking a lot about mortality, time and what not again. It’s not pleasant thoughts, I suspect everyone has some fears or another around the issue but I don’t imagine it’s to healthy the amount I think about it.
Give the following video a watch by Aubrey de Grey and read his wiki entry. I won’t taint this post with my own thoughts, I’ll let you decide what to make of it yourselves.