Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence

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    Jason Hope Futurist

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    entity, Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence Research Foundation(SENS). The focus of research done at the SENS foundation is primarily in the field of anti-aging. However, stressing that participation in such a program is not simply an effort to live for the sake of longevity, Mr. Hope makes a point of saying that it's also about living with a quality of life that makes life worth living to begin with. While taking a different approach to fighting the aging process, the strategy is one

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    will never be able to raise human life span any further than the perceived limit of 125 years due to DNA constraints (Dong). Still, others think the human body can be genetically engineered to limit age-related damage and potentially live forever, using techniques known as Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence (“Life Span Extension”). Even if science found a way to create immortal people, the toll on society would be too great to allow its use, despite arguments supporting

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    fact that treating humans with human telomerase leads to a higher probability of having cancer. Thus, other ways of extending lifespan are being developed, one way in particular being through regenerative medicine or regenerative therapies. The strategy to combat aging to length human lifespan with regenerative medicine comes from the theory that aging is caused by the accumulation of cell damage throughout a human’s life. This damage results from “biochemical accidents” that occur surprisingly

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    2030 SENS Research Paper

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    The modification that I think would be the most popular enhancement by 2030 focuses on one section of SENS (Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence) research currently being explored by biomedical gerontologist Aubrey de Grey. His foundation focuses on removing, restoring, substituting, and reducing cellular and molecular damaged that impacts human tissues as we age so that humans can potentially live for centuries (“Reimagined Research”). The organization recognizes seven different areas

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