James Madison University
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Never Say Die

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Discusses latest findings on how to extend the lifespan, including low calorie diets, research in tissue engineering and cell rejuvenation, and the importance of daily physical and mental activity.

Whither Biogenetics?

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Discusses the possible future benefits from biotechnology in ending disease, malnutrition, and starvation; also notes the possible future negative aspects in dangerous and irreversible side-effects, political uses of genetic information, the development of bioweaponry, and the perversion of scientific breakthroughs to private gain.