In the book, he describes aging as an inevitable sideeffect of our biological processes and metabolic pathways. By default, i am skeptical about antiaging techniques or claims of some sort of fountain of youth. Nine steps to living well forever ray kurzweil and terry grossman md isbn10. At the time of publication things were very different to now because the book is probably around 8 years ago and i have a copy but am away from home currently so cant check. What do biogerontologists think of ending aging aubrey. Fellow of the gerontological association of america, institute for ethics and emerging technology, and the american aging institute.
The rejuvenation breakthroughs that could reverse human aging in our lifetime is a 2007 book written by aubrey of gray, a biomedical gerontologist, with his research assistant michael rae. Its going to take many scientists to figure out how to defeat all the accumulated damages of aging, and treating one speaker as some sort of savior does the movement no good. He has formulated a wideranging plan for the comprehensive and eventually indefinite. They explain that the aging of the human body, just like the aging of manmade machines, results from an accumulation of various types of damage. The list of many presentations aubrey has done at tedx events across the world s. I have the good fortune to be doing very well for my age as measured by very thorough tests i was given kronoss nowdiscontinued comprehensive screen three times in the past decade, so for me the best policy is if it ain.
Since your book ending aging was published a decade ago, scientific breakthroughs in stem cell research, genome editing, and other fields. His controversial 2005 tedtalk, in which he argued that we could one day extend the human lifespan by hundreds of years, continues to spur debate. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. In this talk, he argues that aging like other diseases can be cured, and that humans can live for centuries, if only we approach the aging process as an engineering problem. The rejuvenation breakthroughs that could reverse human aging in our lifetime, where he details his controversial claim that we could defeat aging cheat sheet. Ending aging is definitely not some run of the mill self help book. As has been reported in media outlets ranging from 60 minutes to the new york times, dr. He is editorin chief of rejuvenation research, is a fellow of both the gerontological society of america and the american aging association, and sits on the editorial and scientific. Ending aging describes gray s proposal for eliminating aging as a cause of debilitation and death in humans, and restoring the body to an indefinitelyyouthful state, which.
His major research interests are the role and causes of all forms of cellular and molecular damage in mammalian aging, and the design of interventions to reverse the agerelated accumulation of. Each component of the sens panel will have standalone value in addressing one or another disease of old age, and some of them. The rejuvenation breakthroughs that could reverse human aging in our lifetime. The rejuvenation breakthroughs that could reverse human aging in. He is a controversial author and theoretician in the field of gerontology and is currently serving as a chief science officer at the strategies for engineered negligible senescence foundation dr. He is the chief science officer of the sens research foundation and vp of new technology discovery at agex therapeutics, inc. He hasnt cured aging, hes just an old man with one opinion on how to stop aging. He makes the case that we can overcome aging with biological maintenance. However, the more interesting part of his book on the subject, ending aging, is that children alive today may be able to.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading ending aging. He has formulated a wideranging plan for the comprehensive and eventually indefinite postponement of agerelated physical and mental. You identified seven areas of cellular and intracellular damage that you think need to be reversed as the best process for reversing aging. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. He has formulated a wideranging plan for the comprehensive and eventually indefinite postponement of agerelated physical and mental decline, named. He has formulated a wideranging plan for the comprehensive and eventually indefinite postponement of agerelated physical and mental decline, named sens strategies for engineered negligible senescence. Foundation for the research of strategies for engineered negligible senescence sens founded by dr. That we accumulate damage from the normal operation of our bodily processes. In this book, he not only shows that aging may be reversible, but lists all the biochemical causes of aging and explains the promising research that is being done right now to solve each of the component problems.
In this exclusive life extension profile, readers will learn about dr. Ending aging 2007 puts forward a fascinating theory about how science may allow human beings to slow the hands of time and, therefore, the process of aging. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read ending aging. The rejuvenation breakthroughs that could reverse human aging in our lifetime, a book that described the details of the application of biotechnology to rejuvenate the organisms, as well as explained the causes of aging. The list of many presentations aubrey has done at tedx events across the world. Chief science officer and cofounderreceived his ph. He has formulated a wideranging plan for the comprehensive and eventually indefinite postponement of age. Aubrey went on stage at tedglobal05 and then at ted06 saying im.
The rejuvenation breakthroughs that could reverse human aging in our lifetime 2007, it was an accessible introduction to the biology of aging, and a way that it might be defeated. Aubrey is charmingly indignant about the lack of urgency most of humanity has about ending aging. The rejuvenation breakthroughs that could reverse human aging in our lifetime ebook. He provocatively proposes that the first human beings who will live to 1,000 years old have already been born. Published for the first time in 2007, ending aging by dr. Learn what happens in our bodies that leads to aging, disease and cancer and how modern science might be able to put an end to these problems once and for all. He is the editorinchief of the academic journal rejuvenation research, author of the mitochondrial free radical theory of aging and coauthor of ending.
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