A Capitol Hill Symposium & Luncheon
September 12, 2006
Hart Senate Office Building, #902
At this international gathering organized by the Alliance for Aging Research, prominent scientists called for governments and health care organizations worldwide to invest in the extension of healthy human life in order to produce a "Longevity Dividend" for nations with aging populations.
Read the statement released by the group of more than 90 scientists.
III. International Perspectives
Alex Kalache, Director, Ageing and Health Program, World Health Organization (WHO) - SLIDES
James Goodwin, PhD, Head of Research, Help the Aged, London, England - SLIDES
IV. View to the Future
Dr. Alan Leshner, CEO, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
I. How Soon Before Science Can Slow Aging and at What Cost?
Opening Remarks from:
Senator Larry Craig (R-ID),
S. Jay Olshansky, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago - SLIDES
Leonard Guarante, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - SLIDES
В 1970-е годы (когда основывали Национальный институт старения) осознали (в Конгрессе): многие болезни, изучение которых тогда щедро финансировали (рак, сердечно-сосудистые), связаны со старением населения. Поэтому, если лучше изучить старение, возможно, будет легче справиться и с этими болезнями (2:38 в видео).
President-elect Barack Obama's reported choice for Surgeon General is a neurosurgeon and CNN medical reporter who's written favorably about radical life extension methods