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From: Alexander Khalyavkin <*********@s*****.net>
To: Immorta <Immor***@b*****.ru>
Date: Sunday, April 9, 2006, 12:15:35 PM
Subject: Fw: [Ageing] 54 Scientists' Open Letter on Aging Research
===8<==============Original message textOriginal Message From: "Leonid Gavrilov" <*********@y*****.com>
Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.ageing
To: <bionet-molbio-agei***@m*****.edu>
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 11:10 PM
Subject: [Ageing] 54 Scientists' Open Letter on Aging Research
> FYI:
>
> >
> Scientists' Open Letter on Aging Research
>
> To whom it may concern,
>
> Aging has been slowed and healthy lifespan prolonged in many disparate
> animal models (C. elegans, Drosophila, Ames dwarf mice, etc.). Thus,
> assuming there are common fundamental mechanisms, it should also be
> possible to slow aging in humans.
>
> Greater knowledge about aging should bring better management of the
> debilitating pathologies associated with aging, such as cancer,
> cardiovascular disease, type II diabetes, and Alzheimer's. Therapies
> targeted at the fundamental mechanisms of aging will be instrumental in
> counteracting these age-related pathologies.
>
> Therefore, this letter is a call to action for greater funding and
> research into both the underlying mechanisms of aging and methods for
> its postponement. Such research may yield dividends far greater than
> equal efforts to combat the age-related diseases themselves. As the
> mechanisms of aging are increasingly understood, increasingly effective
> interventions can be developed that will help prolong the healthy and
> productive lifespans of a great many people.
>
> Sincerely (54 Signatories),
>
> Signatures From Leading Aging Researchers
>
> Continued at:
>
> http://cureaging.org/
> and
> http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/scientistsantiaging/
>
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