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Aubrey de Grey

Chief Science Officer, SENS Foundation

There are plenty of psychological dilemmas when it comes to immortality, but the moral issues are unequivocal. Read More

Aubrey de Grey recalls how he was inspired by his single mother to pursue a scientific career at a young age. Read More

Aubrey de Grey’s worst career advice was to aim low. Read More

Aubrey de Grey is not a worrier—he is content to try to make a difference with his life. Read More

Aubrey de Grey explains why savoring small victories is the key to overcoming seemingly impossible challenges in science. Read More

Would an ageless society be a more humane society? Aubrey de Grey explains why he believes that, when we defeat aging, the world will band together to finally solve the major crises of our time. Read More

There are no more major breakthroughs necessary to complete the quixotic human quest of achieving immortality, says anti-aging expert Aubrey de Grey. Read More

Anti-aging expert Aubrey de Grey gives his advice on how to extend your life long enough to be around when scientists find the secret of immortality. Read More

Anti-aging expert Aubrey de Grey speculates about how an ageless society would operate differently than the world does today; expect changes in preferred careers and religion, but don’t expect a new outlook on suicide. Read More

Radical life extension would have a huge impact on the economics of society—possibly a dangerous one. Aubrey de Grey explains why he remains optimistic that the economy would adapt well to the drastically new paradigm presented by human immortality. Read More

Aubrey de Grey says that cancer is humanity’s biggest impediment to defeating aging, but he has a plan for defeating the disease for good. Read More

Aubrey de Grey explains that his work on eliminating aging has encountered a surprising amount of criticism—and has also attracted an unlikely group of supporters. Read More

Aubrey de Grey thinks people should ask themselves whether they are sufficiently engaged with their own desires or just sleepwalking through life. Read More

Gerontologist Aubrey de Grey has a plan to end the "disease" of aging. Read More

Aubrey de Grey believes that technological progress breeds progress but that one must distinguish between incremental and fundamental progress. Read More

When fatalism enters the equation, we are slow to act, says Aubrey de Grey. Read More

Aubrey de Grey says that our survival instinct may play into human nature but doesn't necessarily define it. Read More

There is a very strong survival instinct that is apparent in all people. Read More

Aubrey de Grey discusses the key to becoming a good researcher. Read More

About Aubrey de Grey

Aubrey de Grey

Aubrey de Grey, PhD, is Chairman and Chief Science Officer of the Methuselah Foundation. The core of his research is the identification of all forms of cellular and molecular damage whose accumulation contributes to human aging, and the design of interventions to remove, repair, replace, or render harmless all such damage so as to arrest or even reverse the biological aging process. He has published extensively on these and other areas of gerontology in the scientific literature, and is also Editor-in-Chief of the high-impact journal Rejuvenation Research, the only peer-reviewed academic journal focusing on intervention in aging.

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