At least that’s what Aubrey de Grey believes. I want to believe it as well. I am not interested in dying at this time. Transhumanists may not be in the media spotlight now, but it’s likely the future will change that.
…James Hughes, an administrator and instructor at Trinity College in Hartford, is a leading transhumanist [...]
Archives for the ‘longevity’ Category
Aging is a disease that can be cured
Wednesday, 6 August 2008
Researchers find that injecting Vitamin C reduces tumors
Tuesday, 5 August 2008
FuturePundit notes that Vitamin C injections may be a promising new method of fighting cancer.
High-dose injections of vitamin C, also known as ascorbate or ascorbic acid, reduced tumor weight and growth rate by about 50 percent in mouse models of brain, ovarian, and pancreatic cancers, researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) report in [...]
Smart people live longer
Thursday, 12 June 2008
Future Pundit makes the case that being smart means living longer.
The inequalities in all cause death rates between Americans with less than high school education and college graduates increased rapidly from 1993 to 2001 due to both significant decreases in mortality from all causes, heart disease, cancer, stroke, and other conditions in the most educated [...]
The continued unpopularity of cryonics
Wednesday, 4 June 2008
I am a cryonics adherent, since it is the best chance I know of to return from the dead. My personal experience with open discussion of my arrangements to be frozen when I die, instead of buried or burned, is that it makes most people slightly uncomfortable. Many of them feel the need to condemn, [...]
Blue Zones finds places where people live longest
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
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Lots of people are looking for long life and health, including Dan Buettner. The answers are really simply if you are willing to make some lifestyle adjustments.
If you are looking for a Fountain of Youth, forget pills and diet supplements. Adventurer Dan Buettner has visited four spots on the globe where people live into their [...]











