Aging Matters
“The way evolution works makes it impossible for us to possess genes that are specifically designed to cause physiological decline with age or to control how long we live.” —from a Scientific American article by Jay Oshansky, Bruce Carnes, and Leonard Hayflick (2004) Most biologists still think this way, even among people who study aging, even … Read more
In the press this week High-profile, misleading “proof” that aging is inevitable Disappointing results from Alkahest trials NewYorker article on exercise in a pill Splicing factors rescue senescent cells Mathematical proof that aging is inevitable The headlines in the secondary scientific press said Humans living forever is ‘impossible’ according to science It’s mathematically impossible to … Read more