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Longevity

"Life's too short to worry about all that..." - anonymous

"Those who have no time for nutrition and exercise had better reserve a lot of time for disease." - Michael Colgan, Continuing Medical Education Lectures, 1988

Introductory article: The High Cost of Living Forever

Possible key technologies:

bulletCalorie restriction
bulletTelomerase
bulletStem cells
bulletNanotechnology

Resources:

bulletWorld Health Network
bulletLife Extension Foundation
bulletLife Extension Foundation
bulletAlcor Life Extension Foundation
bulletThe Life Extension Manual
bulletQuality Health Inc.
bulletCognitive Enhancement Research Institute
bulletThe Turkey Story (a life extension parable)

Books:

bulletImmortality : How Science Is Extending Your Life Span and Changing the World by Ben Bova

Avon Books Paperback

One of the best overall introductions to the life-extension revolution.

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Smile.gif (1558 bytes)And if you ignore all this, how much time have you got left? Check the cheerful Death Clock!

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Copyright © Laurence D. Watkins (brain@brainsurgery.co.uk) except as stated in the Copyright and other notices

Last update: 03 October 2004