Post by tonystrak on Jan 16, 2018 5:58:17 GMT
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The biomedical gerontologist and co-founder of the SENS Research Foundation has been vocal about the threat to humanity that aging poses, and how it should be seen as one of the major challenges we need to overcome. Last year, de Grey joined several other scientists who want to have aging classified as disease, arguing that it is the result “garbage material” that our cells cannot break down.
To view aging as a disease means de Grey believes aging can be cured, and while we’ve seen numerous advancements to combat aging this year, it will take more than just science to start extending lives. Having the money to facilitate the research and testing is not just important — it’s required — but right now it simply isn’t there.
“The most difficult aspect [of fighting age-related diseases] is raising the money to actually fund the research,” de Grey previously explained to Futurism.
During a recent Ask Me Anything (AMA) in which Reddit users could ask de Grey…well, anything, funding was brought up multiple times by both parties. In fact, at the top of the AMA, de Grey requested that people consider donating to the SENS Research Foundation to help them reach their year-end goal of $250,000.
One user, SeekerOfDivineWisdom, wondered why anti-aging research wasn’t be invested in by wealthy celebrities and other individuals, such as Bill Gates — who announced a new initiative to end Alzheimer’s in November— and Elon Musk, though Musk currently has his hands full with several other projects.
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The biomedical gerontologist and co-founder of the SENS Research Foundation has been vocal about the threat to humanity that aging poses, and how it should be seen as one of the major challenges we need to overcome. Last year, de Grey joined several other scientists who want to have aging classified as disease, arguing that it is the result “garbage material” that our cells cannot break down.
To view aging as a disease means de Grey believes aging can be cured, and while we’ve seen numerous advancements to combat aging this year, it will take more than just science to start extending lives. Having the money to facilitate the research and testing is not just important — it’s required — but right now it simply isn’t there.
“The most difficult aspect [of fighting age-related diseases] is raising the money to actually fund the research,” de Grey previously explained to Futurism.
During a recent Ask Me Anything (AMA) in which Reddit users could ask de Grey…well, anything, funding was brought up multiple times by both parties. In fact, at the top of the AMA, de Grey requested that people consider donating to the SENS Research Foundation to help them reach their year-end goal of $250,000.
One user, SeekerOfDivineWisdom, wondered why anti-aging research wasn’t be invested in by wealthy celebrities and other individuals, such as Bill Gates — who announced a new initiative to end Alzheimer’s in November— and Elon Musk, though Musk currently has his hands full with several other projects.
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