Aging research

Branwen, Branwen (2015) Life extension cost-benefits, Gwern.net, June 1 (updated 26 October 2018).

Aging research is research aimed at slowing down the aging process or mitigate its consequences.at repairing the damage caused by it. At present, comparatively few resources are spent on aging research, relative to the benefits that breakthroughs in this area could bring about. For example, in 2019 the National Institutes of Health spent less than two percent of its budget on aging.^[1]

Aging research is research aimed at curing or slowing down the physical consequences of aging, which are the root cause of most diseases and suffering associated with ill-health.aging process or mitigate its consequences. At present, comparatively few resources are spent on anti-aging research, relative to the benefits that breakthroughs in this area could bring about. For example, in 2019 the National Institutes of Health spent less than two percent of its budget on aging.^[1]

There is some disagreement concerning the best way to make progress on anti-aging. Some researchers claim that progress depends crucially on improving our knowledge of the metabolic pathways involved in the aging process—this is the approach favored by most research institutions. An alternative approach seeks to find ways to periodically repair the cellular and molecular damage caused by aging, without necessarily understanding the aging process itself. The SENS Research Foundation, an organization explicitly set up with the aim of ultimately ending aging, has pioneered this alternative approach.^[2]

Bostrom, Nick (2005)Barnett, Matthew (2020) The fableEffects of anti-aging research on the dragon-tyrantlong-term future, JournalEffective Altruism Forum, February 27.

Beckstead, Nick (2017) Mechanisms of Medical EthicsAging, Open Philanthropy, vol. 31, pp. 273-277.
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Branwen, Branwen (2015) Life extension cost-benefits, An engaging story that seeks to highlight the importance of ending aging.Gwern.net, June 1 (updated 26 October 2018).

Anti-agingAging research is research aimed at curing or slowing down the physical consequences of aging, which are the root cause of most diseases and suffering associated with ill-health. At present, comparatively few resources are spent on anti-aging research, relative to the benefits that breakthroughs in this area could bring about. For example, in 2019 the National Institutes of Health spent less than two percent of its budget on aging.^[1]

Bostrom, Nick (2005) The fable of the dragon-tyrant, Journal of Medical Ethics, 31(5),vol. 31, pp. 273-277.
An engaging story that seeks to highlight the importance of ending aging.

Anti-aging research is research aimed at curing or slowing down the physical consequences of aging, which are the root cause of most diseases and suffering associated with ill-health. At present, comparatively few resources are spent on anti-aging research, relative to the benefits that breakthroughs in this area could bring about. For example, in 2019 the National Institutes of Health spent less than two percent of its budget on aging (National Institutes of Health 2020).aging.^[1]

There is some disagreement concerning the best way to make progress on anti-aging. Some researchers claim that progress depends crucially on improving our knowledge of the metabolic pathways involved in the aging process—this is the approach favored by most research institutions. An alternative approach seeks to find ways to periodically repair the cellular and molecular damage caused by aging, without necessarily understanding the aging process itself. The SENS Research Foundation, an organization explicitly set up with the aim of ending aging, has pioneered this alternative approach (De Grey & Rae 2007).approach.^[2]

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Anti-aging research is research aimed at curing or slowing down the physical consequences of aging, which are the root cause of most diseases and suffering associated with ill-health. At present, comparatively few resources are spent on anti-aging research, relative to the benefits that breakthroughs in this area could bring about. For example, in 20152019 the National Institutes of Health spent less than two percent of its budget on aging than it did on HIV/AIDS (National Institutes of Health 2020).

Anti-aging research is research aimed at curing or slowing down the physical consequences of aging, which are the root cause of most diseases and suffering associated with ill-health. At present, comparatively few resources are spent on anti-aging research, relative to the benefits that breakthroughs in this area could bring about. For example, in 2015 the National Institutes of Health spent less on aging than it did on HIV/AIDS (National Institutes of Health 2016)2020).

Bostrom, Nick. 2005.Nick (2005) The fable of the dragon-tyrant. , Journal of medical ethicsMedical Ethics, 31(5):, pp. 273-277.
An engaging story that seeks to highlight the importance of ending aging.

De Grey, Aubrey & Michael Rae. 2007. Rae (2007) Ending aging: the rejuvenation breakthroughs that could reverse human agingAging: The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs That Could Reverse Human Aging in our lifetime.Our Lifetime, New York: St. Martin’s Press.

National Institutes of Health. 2016.Health (2020) Estimates of funding for various research, condition, and disease categories (RCDC)., February 24.