Ethics
What are the consequences of radical life extension?
Should we attempt to live forever?
More questions than answers - but more information coming soon.
Resources
Assistant Director at Nuffield Council on Bioethics with focus on genome editing
Future of Ageing 2020: Together for tomorrow
03-Dec-2020Annual conference by the International Longevity Centre (virtual)
UK’s specialist think tank on the impact of longevity on society, and what happens next
How does society react when the vision of biological immortality has become reality, but has not yet fully arrived?
Multidisciplinary research institute at the University of Oxford
CEO of the Global Healthspan Policy Institute
How would you react if you knew you could die suddenly, and probably would?
Independent body that examines and reports on ethical issues in biology and medicine
Established by UCL to develop and support approaches to health equity
Ethics Blog Posts
They don’t want you to hear about the end of ageing
17-Nov-2016
Living Forever - an absolutely abhorrent aberration?
22-Apr-2015
Recent News
Sugary drinks tax will help reduce overweight and obesity
Nuffield Department of Population Health - 10-Apr-2021
UK's soft drinks levy encourages both manufacturers and consumers for low sugar alternatives
Read more...Poorest dies almost 20 years younger than rich in England
iNews - 22-Mar-2021
High mortality rate in deprived areas alarms healthcare inequalities
Read more...What was the International Longevity Alliance up to in 2020?
International Longevity Alliance - 08-Feb-2021
Yearly report of their activities including policy papers, senolytic research and an activism prize
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