Sci. Aging Knowl. Environ., 5 November 2003
Vol. 2003, Issue 44, p. pe30
[DOI: 10.1126/sageke.2003.44.pe30]

PERSPECTIVES

Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence

Douglas A. Gray

The author is at the Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre, Ottawa, Canada K1H 1C4. E-mail: Doug.Gray{at}orcc.on.ca

http://sageke.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/sageke;2003/44/pe30

Key Words: senescence • bioethics • stem cell • telomere

Abstract: This Perspective summarizes presentations at the 10th Congress of the International Association of Biomedical Gerontology, which was held in Cambridge, England in September 2003. The seminar topics ranged from telomeres to ethics, stem cells to limb regeneration. The meeting organizer, Aubrey de Grey, is a leading proponent of life extension through biological engineering.

Citation: D. A. Gray, Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence. Sci. Aging Knowl. Environ. 2003 (44), pe30 (2003).

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