RE: [wta-talk] Re: 2-deoxy-D-glucose, and other promising anti-aging drugs

From: Reason (reason@exratio.com)
Date: Sat Mar 08 2003 - 14:31:14 MST

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    --> Hugh Bristic [mailto:hughbristic@yahoo.com]

    > --- In wta-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Reason" <reason@e...> wrote:
    > >
    > > 1) Take up calorie restriction.
    > > http://www.calorierestriction.org/.
    > >
    >
    > I try, but I am weak. I'd rather cheat. ;-)

    As would we all -- but there is no cheat code at the moment. Either you take
    up calorie restriction to extend your life, or you cross your fingers and
    hope that you beat the technology curve as-is.

    http://www.betterhumans.com/News/news.aspx?articleID=2003-03-07-5

    Expect to see more legislation late this year or early next year targeting
    life extension research and/or supplements. Unless we get out there and do
    something. It's important to realize that the council on bioethics isn't
    actually looking and thinking -- it's expressing and trying to
    justify/legitimize opinions that its members already have. In fact, they
    were selected precisely because they have these opinions: this is part of a
    process to prevent changes to the human condition, including life extension.

    > > 2) Help the cause: advocate life extension, protest the
    > criminalization of
    > > regenerative medicine/stem cell/theraputic cloning research, help
    > form the
    > > necessary activist groups to increase the flow of capital into anti-
    > aging,
    > > life-extension research.
    > > http://www.longevitymeme.org/
    > > http://www.imminst.org/
    > >
    >
    > Are there any reputable non-profits that actually fund longevity
    > research?

    Good question. The answer is going to be yes, with qualifications as
    follows:

    1) Putting a dollar into research is less valuable than putting a dollar
    into advocacy right now. The research is in danger of being legislated out
    of existence: can't pay for what has been criminalized and isn't taking
    place.

    2) It is as beneficial to be putting research money into age-related
    condition non-profits. Have a look at this article:

    http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=12

    and its suggestions on what aging actually is. So stumping up for
    Alzheimer's, heart disease, cancer, etc, etc -- the things that happen to a
    lot of people (including you, eventually) will be just as good for extending
    life as funding a non-profit that specifically looks into anti-aging
    medicine.

    Ok, so that said, I think that the Life Extension Foundation funds research
    (www.lef.org) and has a membership program that is very beneficial in any
    case.

    I'm drawing a blank on others: a little help, guys?

    Reason
    http://www.exratio.com/



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