&8/ Watch to Be Inspired: Humans that Live for Centuries?

Keywords: Gerontology, Engineering, and Geriatrics. Metabolism, Damage, and Pathology.

Citing TED.com:

• The talk. "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."
• The speaker. "A true maverick, Aubrey de Grey challenges the most basic assumption underlying the human condition—that aging is inevitable. He argues instead that aging is a disease—one that can be cured if it's approached as 'an engineering problem.' His plan calls for identifying all the components that cause human tissue to age, and designing remedies for each of them—forestalling disease and eventually pushing back death. He calls the approach Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence (SENS)."

TED Oxford 2006, Aubrey de Grey. View the talk!