Intimations of Immortality: The Ethics and Justice of Life Extending Therapies
Author: John Harris
Report Type: Hatch Publication
Language: English
Pub Date: 2007
Pages: 27
Pub Code: HL02-2007-2K-JSP
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| About the ReportWe are all programmed to age and die, but maybe it doesn’t
have to be that way. If cells weren’t programmed to age, if
the telomeres, which govern the number of times a cell may
divide, didn’t shorten with each division, if our bodies could
repair damage due to disease and aging from within, we
would certainly live much longer and healthier lives. From all
over the world, research is being reported, which, if it comes
to fruition, would not only constitute major contributions to
the treatment of disease but could in principle lead to the
indefinite extension of life, to the extent perhaps that we
would begin to think of people who had received such life-
extending treatment as immortals.
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SponsorsThe International Longevity Center-USA, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development of Mount Sinai School of Medicine
About the AuthorDr. Harris has made a special study of the ethics of organ
transplantation and organ and tissue retention. He is the
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