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Biological immortality (sometimes referred to as bio-indefinite mortality) is a state in which the rate of mortality from senescence (or aging) is stable or decreasing, thus decoupling it from chronological age. Various unicellular and multicellular species, including some vertebrates, achieve this state either throughout their existence or ...
Study of negligibly senescent animals may provide clues that lead to better understanding of the aging process and influence theories of aging. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The phenomenon of negligible senescence in some animals is a traditional argument for attempting to achieve similar negligible senescence in humans by technological means.
The Fountain of Eternal Life in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, is described as symbolizing "Man rising above death, reaching upward to God and toward Peace." [1] Immortality is the concept of eternal life. [2] Some species possess "biological immortality" due to an apparent lack of the Hayflick limit. [3] [4]
In a new book, molecular biologist Venki Ramakrishnan raises critical questions about the societal, political and ethical costs of attempts to live forever.
A multitude of reasons was presented to support this definition, including uniformity of standards in law for establishing death, consumption of a family's fiscal resources for artificial life support, and legal establishment for equating brain death with death to proceed with organ donation.
1896: George A. Gordon — Immortality and the New Theodicy; 1897: William James — Human Immortality: Two Supposed Objections to the Doctrine; 1898: Benjamin Ide Wheeler — Dionysos and Immortality; 1899: Josiah Royce — The Conception of Immortality; 1900: John Fiske — Life Everlasting; 1904: William Osler — Science and Immortality
“Life extension could possibly go wrong in the future if it becomes only accessible to the rich, for example, or makes people become so protective of their extended lives that they become risk ...
Long before "Twilight" put Jacob on the map, werewolves have been the subject of countless movies, books and monster tales.. In fact, much like ghosts, witches and vampires, the werewolf has been ...