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Aubrey de Grey: A roadmap to end aging

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Uploaded on Jan 16, 2007

http://www.ted.com Cambridge researcher Aubrey de Grey argues that aging is merely a disease -- and a curable one at that. Humans age in seven basic ways, he says, all of which can be averted.

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  • Ryan Purcell

    looks a bit like guthrie govan

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  • Robert Chegwidden

    Guthrie is that you?

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  • fraidykat

    Well, let's see. We're still mapping out the human genome, that's a huge first step. The next step is identifying what each gene does and how it works - and we just had a huge breakthrough there, the Supreme court has ruled you can't patent naturally occurring genes.

    But don't get to excited, if they do develop this, it will cost so much only the very wealthy [or those who can earn a grant] will be allowed to live a long time.

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  • pratap das

    he shreds with his mouth

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  • twilightdimension

    thats one hell of a mustache

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  • endthedisease

    Wow this was way back in July 2005. So where are we now in the search for biological immortality?

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  • Caitlin Swartz

    Aubrey is a clearly a wizard, that's why he is so excited about immortality.

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  • SuckItLily

    I'm all for fewer children and I can think of two ways: First, somehow reward women who are proven infertile (menopause or irreversible medical procedure) and have fewer than two children (one or none). Secondly, I'm afraid only large scale education will help - as birth rates in the developed nations show.

    Since paternity tests are REGRETTABLY not mandatory yet rewarding men is impossible. Although it's not perfectly safe with women either - they could have given a child away anonymously.

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  • Ryan Purcell

    amazing guitarist.

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  • classictvguy1

    Who the hell is he?

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  • 42jemini

    Actually, we have invented electromagnet powered hover boards that can operate over a repusive magnetic plate. The limitations of only being able to operate over this repulsive plate, and the costs involved with putting these plates in to place however make it so that it is just not cost effective to put hover boards in to production.

    That is the key with these things. It is all about the money. Convince a sponsor this is a good investment, get funding, put this in to practice. That is the map.

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