Michael West – “The Prospects of Human Life Extension”
November 15th, 02004 by Stewart Brand
Ever longer life
Our germline cells (eggs and sperm) are already immortal. What if the rest of the cells of our body could acquire the same ability? Tissue by tissue, one degenerative disease after another, it could gradually happen in the course of one or two human generations. When it does happen, what we mean by “generation” changes completely.
Thanks to Proposition 71, which funds embryonic stem cell research, California is now the frontier of the key technology for rejuvenating human cells, tissues, and organs; for not just treating but curing lethal diseases…
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This entry was posted on Monday, November 15th, 02004 at 2:41 pm and is filed under Seminars.
