The Catatonic Biogerontologists

Fight Aging!

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Aubrey de Grey has been putting up new introductory material at the Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence (SENS) website in recent weeks. Given his schedule, I've no idea where he finds the time. I recommend that you all read "The Curious Case of the Catatonic Biogerontologists," a clear and concise explanation of problems within the scientific community that are slowing down attempts to understand, prevent, and cure aging. A few other important items are mentioned at the Fight Aging! blog - take a look and see if you can answer the hard questions directed at you, as well as those aimed at biogerontologists.

Link: http://www.sens.org/silence.htm