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I don't work on longevity, I work on keeping people healthy.

~Aubrey De Grey

Topics: Healthy Keeping Longevity People Work

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Wikipedia was a big help for science, especially science communication, and it shows no sign of diminishing in importance.

~Aubrey De Grey

Topics: Big Communication Diminishing Help Importance Science Shows Sign Wikipedia

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Some things tend not to work so well for science - things that rely on substantial written contributions by key experts are a case in point - but even there I tend to keep an open mind, because it may just be a case of finding the right formula.

~Aubrey De Grey

Topics: Because Case Contributions Even Experts Finding Formula Just Just Be Keep Key May Mind Open Open Mind Point Rely Right Science Some Some Things Substantial Tend Things Well Work Written

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I'm the chief science officer of a foundation that works on the application of regenerative medicine to the problem of aging.

~Aubrey De Grey

Topics: Aging Application Chief Foundation Medicine Officer Problem Science Works

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My approach is to start from the straightforward principle that our body is a machine. A very complicated machine, but none the less a machine, and it can be subjected to maintenance and repair in the same way as a simple machine, like a car.

~Aubrey De Grey

Topics: Approach Body Car Complicated Less Like Machine Maintenance None Our Principle Repair Same Simple Start Straightforward Subjected Very Way

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The aim is to postpone frailty, postpone degenerative disease, debilitation and so on and thereby shorten the period at the end of life, which is passed in a decrepit or disabled state, while extending life as a whole.

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Topics: Aim Disabled Disease End Extending Frailty Life Passed Period Postpone Shorten State Thereby Which While Whole

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There's nothing wrong with making the best of one's declining years, but what does annoy me is the fatalism. Now that we're seriously in range of finding therapies that actually work against ageing, this apathy, of course, becomes an enormous part of the problem.

~Aubrey De Grey

Topics: Actually Against Ageing Annoy Apathy Becomes Best Course Declining Does Enormous Fatalism Finding Making Me Nothing Now Part Problem Range Seriously Work Wrong Years

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We've spent the last few millennia aware that senescence is horrible but knowing nevertheless that it's inevitable. We've had to find some mechanism to put it out of our minds so we can get on with our miserably short lives.

~Aubrey De Grey

Topics: Aware Few Find Get Had Horrible Inevitable Knowing Last Lives Mechanism Millennia Minds Nevertheless Our Out Put Short Some Spent

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What I actually wanted to do with my life is make a difference to the world. That led me into science very quickly.

~Aubrey De Grey

Topics: Actually Difference Led Life Make Make A Difference Me My Life Quickly Science Very Wanted World

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As far as I'm concerned, ageing is humanity's worst problem, by some serious distance.

~Aubrey De Grey

Topics: Ageing As Far As Concerned Distance Far Humanity Problem Serious Some Worst

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Author

Born: April 20th, 1963

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