Aubrey de Grey - Methuselah Foundation: Early 2008 Developments


	Aubrey de Grey - Methuselah Foundation: Early 2008 Developments

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/64e54010-cdad-4f45-9169-04b9954dc1b2/BA6EBCC8-D69A-4CF5-89F2-9D68BB515713/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.betterhumans.com/blogs/articles/archive/2008/05/21/Aubrey-de-Grey-_2D00_-Methuselah-Foundation_3A00_-Early-2008-Developments.aspx" href="http://www.betterhumans.com/blogs/articles/archive/2008/05/21/Aubrey-de-Grey-_2D00_-Methuselah-Foundation_3A00_-Early-2008-Developments.aspx" style="font-size: 11px;">www.betterhumans.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.betterhumans.com/blogs/articles/archive/2008/05/21/Aubrey-de-Grey-_2D00_-Methuselah-Foundation_3A00_-Early-2008-Developments.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.betterhumans.com/img/C531BDE3-1DC3-4F27-87C8-35BD2F2BAAF1" alt="Aubrey at SVTM large" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.betterhumans.com/blogs/articles/archive/2008/05/21/Aubrey-de-Grey-_2D00_-Methuselah-Foundation_3A00_-Early-2008-Developments.aspx"><P><A target="_blank" title="Aubrey de Grey" href="http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/people/Aubrey-de-Grey/" linkindex="21" set="yes">Aubrey de Grey</A> is the Chair and Chief Science Officer of the <A target="_blank" title="Methuselah Foundation" href="http://www.mfoundation.org" linkindex="22" set="yes">Methuselah Foundation</A>, a non-profit organization dedicated to combating the aging process. In this talk presented at the February <A target="_blank" title="Silicon Valley Transhumanist Meetup" href="http://transhumanism.meetup.com/77/" linkindex="23" set="yes">Silicon Valley Transhumanist Meetup</A>, he outlined the several most notable developments in funding and research taking place at the Methuselah Foundation in late 2007 and early 2008.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.betterhumans.com/blogs/articles/archive/2008/05/21/Aubrey-de-Grey-_2D00_-Methuselah-Foundation_3A00_-Early-2008-Developments.aspx"><P><DIV>The following transcript of Aubrey de Grey’s Silicon Valley Transhumanist meetup talk has been corrected and approved by the speaker. <A target="_blank" title="de Grey Silicon Valley Transhumanist Video" href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3312454836548629400&hl=en" linkindex="24">Video</A> is also available.</DIV>
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