Periodicals>Journal Article:  de Grey, Aubrey D. N. J (2004 Jun 15), Escape Velocity: Why the Prospect of Extreme Human Life Extension Matters Now, PLoS Biol. 2004 Jun; 2(6): e187., Retrieved on 2016-03-08
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  • Folksonomies: life extension geriatrics

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    08 MAR 2016

     Caloric Restriction Could Mean a 20% Extension in Lifespan

    Sinclair and several other prominent gerontologists are presently seeking human therapies based on the long-standing observation that lifelong restriction of caloric intake considerably extends both the healthy and total life span of nearly all species in which it has been tried, including rodents and dogs. Drugs that elicit the gene expression changes that result from caloric restriction might, these workers assert, extend human life span by something approaching the same proportion as seen ...
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    08 MAR 2016

     Physical and Actuarial Escape Velocities

    The escape velocity cusp is closer than you might guess. Since we are already so long lived, even a 30% increase in healthy life span will give the first beneficiaries of rejuvenation therapies another 20 years—an eternity in science—to benefit from second-generation therapies that would give another 30%, and so on ad infinitum. Thus, if first-generation rejuvenation therapies were universally available and this progress in developing rejuvenation therapy could be indefinitely maintained,...
    Folksonomies: longevity life-extension
    Folksonomies: longevity life-extension
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