Perfect storm for gene therapy?
Genome editing combined with stem cell generation could produce life extending therapies when boosted with big data
2014 Blog Posts
Live Forever Society blog archive - life extension, medical technology and survival.
30-Jan-2014
29-Sep-2014
Who wants to live forever?
Even people with a good life don't see the point of it going on indefinitely
07-Oct-2014
A worrying mystery of Ebola infection
If Ebola mutates to become airborne things could get very serious, very quickly
21-Oct-2014
Classic exponential growth in age distribution of older UK citizens
1 in 50 people are over 85 today - that's 20x the percentage who reached that age in 1881
29-Oct-2014
Why I've just voted for DMI in the Nokia Sensing XCHALLENGE
Adrian reviews a range of finalists trying to track cancer, blood oxygenation, retinal scans, and cardiac health
03-Nov-2014
NICE will have to approve all one-off interventions as life expectancy increases
What to do when quality-adjusted life years could mean many, many years?
20-Nov-2014
Too much of a good thing? More than a glass of milk increases chance of death
Milk may be good for the bones, but its D-galactose content might accelerate ageing
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04-Dec-2014
Kurzweil v Hawking - good AI v bad AI
Better to err on the side of caution when it comes to artificial intelligence development
16-Dec-2014
Eat or recharge? Soylent doesn’t go far enough for me
Could an artificial stomach provide all of our energy and nutritional needs in the future?
