There is a school of thought within the life extension movement that favors prioritizing the promotion of cryonics over anti-aging efforts. There are a number
It is well established that cryonics can be a formidable source of division within families. A classic example is the claim that a person who
Multiple sclerosis is a disease that raises a lot of interesting questions for people interested in biogerontology, human enhancement, and even cryonics. It raises questions
Humans have been ingesting mindand mood-altering substances for millennia, but it has only rather recently become possible to begin to elucidate drug mechanisms of action
Breakthroughs in medicine have increased substantially over the last hundred years, and most would agree that the introduction of antibiotics in 1942 has been one
In my review of The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness a couple of months ago, the importance of certain lifestyle choices—particularly physical exercise— to maintain
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After a few articles considering Alzheimer disease from several angles, I would like to switch gears this month and talk more generally about the interaction between the immune system and
This article was originally published in Cryonics Magazine, 2011 Issue #1 I am an ardent supporter of Dr. Aubrey de Grey and his work to advance
Any terminal illness is a terrible thing; but to a cryonics member, a brain-destroying neurodegenerative disease is the worst contemporary medical “death sentence” one can receive. There are several flavors of